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English Dictionary: thwart	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for thwart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thwart n a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat Synonym(s): thwart, cross thwart v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
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 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[84]r cross, unfriendly, Goth. [thorn]wa[a1]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\, 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.