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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..

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

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

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

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

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

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

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..

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..

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

Hostile :: Hostile (a.) Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change..

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

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

Thwarted :: Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of Thwar.

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

Thaught :: Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

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

Thwart :: Thwart (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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

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

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