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thwart

 

  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thwart  \Thwart\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  move  or  go  in  an  oblique  or  crosswise  manner.  [R.] 
 
  2.  Hence  to  be  in  opposition;  to  clash.  [R.] 
 
  Any  proposition  .  .  .  that  shall  at  all  thwart  with 
  internal  oracles.  --Locke. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thwart  \Thwart\,  a.  [OE.  [thorn]wart,  [thorn]wert,  a.  and  adv., 
  Icel.  [thorn]vert,  neut.  of  [thorn]verr  athwart,  transverse, 
  across  akin  to  AS  [thorn]weorh  perverse,  transverse,  cross, 
  D.  dwars,  OHG.  dwerah  twerh,  G.  zwerch  quer,  Dan.  &  Sw 
  tver  athwart,  transverse,  Sw  tv["a]r  cross,  unfriendly, 
  Goth.  [thorn]wa['i]rhs  angry.  Cf  {Queer}.] 
  1.  Situated  or  placed  across  something  else;  transverse; 
  oblique. 
 
  Moved  contrary  with  thwart  obliquities.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  Perverse;  crossgrained.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thwart  \Thwart\,  adv  [See  {Thwart},  a.] 
  Thwartly;  obliquely;  transversely;  athwart.  [Obs.]  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thwart  \Thwart\,  prep. 
  Across  athwart.  --Spenser. 
 
  {Thwart  ships}.  See  {Athwart  ships},  under  {Athwart}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thwart  \Thwart\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  A  seat  in  an  open  boat  reaching  from  one  side  to  the  other 
  or  athwart  the  boat. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thwart  \Thwart\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Thwarted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Thwarting}.] 
  1.  To  move  across  or  counter  to  to  cross;  as  an  arrow 
  thwarts  the  air.  [Obs.] 
 
  Swift  as  a  shooting  star  In  autumn  thwarts  the 
  night.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  cross,  as  a  purpose;  to  oppose;  to  run  counter  to  to 
  contravene;  hence  to  frustrate  or  defeat. 
 
  If  crooked  fortune  had  not  thwarted  me  --Shak. 
 
  The  proposals  of  the  one  never  thwarted  the 
  inclinations  of  the  other  --South. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thwart 
  n  :  a  crosspiece  spreading  the  gunnels  of  a  boat;  used  as  a  seat 
  in  a  rowboat  [syn:  {cross  thwart}] 
  v  1:  to  hinder  or  prevent  (the  efforts,  plans,  or  desires)  of: 
  "What  ultimately  frustrated  every  challenger  was  Ruth's 
  amazing  September  surge."  [syn:  {queer},  {spoil},  {scotch}, 
  {foil},  {cross},  {frustrate},  {baffle},  {bilk}] 
  2:  hinder  or  prevent  (the  efforts,  plans,  or  desires)  of 
  thwart  [syn:  {frustrate},  {spoil}]




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