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θwɔːt/
v.
prevent from succeeding in or accomplishing something.
n.
a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.
prep.
&
adv.
archaic or
literary from one side to another side of; across.
Etymology
ME thwerte, from thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from ON thvert, neut. of thverr ‘transverse’.
