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thwart
(encz) | thwart,zhatit v: Tolda |
thwart
(encz) | thwart,zmařit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Thwart
(gcide) | 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.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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Thwart
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
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2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
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Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with
internal oracles. --Locke.
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Thwart
(gcide) | 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[aum]r cross, unfriendly,
Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. Queer.]
1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse;
oblique.
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Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Thwart
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, adv. [See Thwart, a.]
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Thwart
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, prep.
Across; athwart. --Spenser.
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Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
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Thwart
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, n. (Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
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thwart
(wn) | thwart
n 1: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a
seat in a rowboat [syn: thwart, cross thwart]
v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's
amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross,
frustrate, baffle, bilk] |
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athwart
(encz) | athwart,napříč n: Zdeněk Brožathwart,šikmo Zdeněk Brož |
cross thwart
(encz) | cross thwart, n: |
thwarted
(encz) | thwarted,zmařil v: Zdeněk Brož |
thwarter
(encz) | thwarter, n: |
thwarting
(encz) | thwarting, n: |
thwartwise
(encz) | thwartwise, adj: |
Athwart
(gcide) | Athwart \A*thwart"\, prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
[1913 Webster]Athwart \A*thwart"\, adv.
1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise;
obliquely.
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Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.
--Spenser.
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2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
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All athwart there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. --Shak.
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Athwart hawse
(gcide) | Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole,
or hole in the bow of the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[=a]ls,
neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See
Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]
1. A hawse hole. --Harris.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored
with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on
the port bow.
(b) 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.
(c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse
holes for the cables.
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Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.
Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other,
or are twisted together.
Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea;
-- called also hawse plug.
Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through
which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service
at the lowest grade. [Cant]
To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and
bring the chafe and strain on another part.
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1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
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Athwart ships
(gcide) | Athwart \A*thwart"\, prep. [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
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Athwart the thicket lone. --Tennyson.
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2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet
standing athwart our course.
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Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether
in contact or at a small distance.
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in
that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
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Overthwart
(gcide) | Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\ ([=o]"v[~e]r*thw[add]rt"), a.
1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across;
hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." --Dryden.
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2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse;
opposing. "Overthwart humor." --Clarendon.
[1913 Webster]Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, adv.
Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and
endelong." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, prep.
Across; from alde to side of. "Huge trees overthwart one
another." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Overthwart \O"ver*thwart`\, n.
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance;
opposition. [Obs.] --Surrey.
[1913 Webster]Overthwart \O`ver*thwart"\, v. t.
To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
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Overthwartly
(gcide) | Overthwartly \O"ver*thwart"ly\, adv.
In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [Obs.]
--Peacham.
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Overthwartness
(gcide) | Overthwartness \O"ver*thwart"ness\, n.
The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] --Lord
Herbert.
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Thwart
(gcide) | 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.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
[1913 Webster]Thwart \Thwart\, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
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2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
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Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with
internal oracles. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]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[aum]r cross, unfriendly,
Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. Queer.]
1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse;
oblique.
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Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Thwart \Thwart\, adv. [See Thwart, a.]
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Thwart \Thwart\, prep.
Across; athwart. --Spenser.
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Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
[1913 Webster]Thwart \Thwart\, n. (Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
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Thwart ships
(gcide) | Thwart \Thwart\, prep.
Across; athwart. --Spenser.
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Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
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Thwarted
(gcide) | 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.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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Thwarter
(gcide) | Thwarter \Thwart"er\, n. (Far.)
A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or
convulsive motions.
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Thwarting
(gcide) | 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.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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Thwartingly
(gcide) | Thwartingly \Thwart"ing*ly\, adv.
In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
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Thwartly
(gcide) | Thwartly \Thwart"ly\, adv.
Transversely; obliquely.
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Thwartness
(gcide) | Thwartness \Thwart"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity;
perverseness.
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athwart
(wn) | athwart
adv 1: at right angles to the center line of a ship
2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
[syn: obliquely, aslant, athwart] |
cross thwart
(wn) | cross thwart
n 1: a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a
seat in a rowboat [syn: thwart, cross thwart] |
thwarted
(wn) | thwarted
adj 1: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations
and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn:
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled,
frustrated, thwarted] |
thwarter
(wn) | thwarter
n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that
others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor,
obstructer, resister, thwarter] |
thwarting
(wn) | thwarting
adj 1: preventing realization or attainment of a desire [syn:
frustrating, frustrative, thwarting]
n 1: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts [syn:
frustration, thwarting, foiling] |
thwartwise
(wn) | thwartwise
adj 1: extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at
right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be
all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway
ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations";
"transverse colon" [syn: cross(a), transverse,
transversal, thwartwise] |
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