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

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

Aslant :: Aslant (prep.) In a slanting direction over; athwart.

Contrarry :: Contrarry (a.) To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

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..

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.

Overthwartly :: Overthwartly (adv.) In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely..

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

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

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

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

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

Thwart :: Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..

Manger :: Manger (n.) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it..

Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..

Transverse :: Transverse (n.) Anything that is transverse or athwart.

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..

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams..

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

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