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What does thwart mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To prevent; to cause to fail
  2. (obsolete) To move across or counter to; to cross.
Noun
  1. (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
  2. (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
Adjective
  1. (figuratively) Perverse; crossgrained.
Adverb
  1. Obliquely; transversely; athwart.
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