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Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite..

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..

Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (adv.) Across; crosswise; transversely.

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

Athwart :: Athwart (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course..

Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.

Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms..

Prevention :: Prevention (n.) The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting..

Thwarter :: Thwarter (n.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions..

Double-banked :: Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart..

Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

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