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Situated or placed across something else; transverse;
oblique. |
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Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. |
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Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. |
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Across; athwart. |
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A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat. |
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To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air. |
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To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. |
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To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. |
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Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. |