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

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

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

Cross :: Cross (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.

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

Transverse :: Transverse (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal..

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..

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

Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

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

Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

Thwarting :: Thwarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwar.

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

Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

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

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

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

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

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air..

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