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

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..

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

Overthwart :: Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

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

Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

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 move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..

Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.

Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.

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.

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Thwartly :: Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.

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

Aboard :: Aboard (prep.) Across; athwart.

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

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

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