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Foil that lacks a wrapping action
Answer for the clue "Foil that lacks a wrapping action ", 6 letters:
thwart
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Word definitions for thwart in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"oppose, hinder," mid-13c., from thwart (adv.). Related: Thwarted ; thwarting .\n
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES foil/thwart an attempt formal (= make it fail ) ▪ Troops loyal to the general foiled the assassination attempt. frustrate/thwart sb’s ambitions formal (= prevent someone from achieving them ) ▪ The weather threatened ...
Usage examples of thwart.
No one could doubt that Philip Augustus would abet his vassal, the Countess of Poitou, in dispositions so well calculated to thwart the Angevin.
Pakington, in adopting their policy, and thwarting a whig plenipotentiary.
Though he had been thwarted in Alcazar, the information he had gained was worth the loss.
And smacked into a hard body, as the Argon deftly thwarted her attempt by shifting himself into her path.
Sitting on a thwart up near the mast, Sinclair, the young soldier, had the baler to his head.
Sinclair half rose from his thwart, clawed fingers reaching for the baler, but Nicolson easily pushed him away, and he sank back heavily on his seat, bent forward, cradled his face in his hands and shook his head slowly from side to side.
Having been thwarted in their efforts to silence the Baptist, they would naturally turn on the One whose way he had pointed.
If she removed herself, temporarily, from her home she could thwart Broc and Dogface.
It was for her, Capella, whose star was aligned on the Rollright Stones, to swear allegiance to the thwarted and frustrated king.
We clung to the thwarts in silence as Chubby took us home on a wild ride, and it was only when we entered the quieter waters of the lagoon that we could continue the discussion.
When we climbed over the side of the whaleboat Chubby had the battery switchbox beside him on the thwart and it was wired up.
Chubby cut the motors and we coasted in under the lee of the reef, while Chubby scrambled back to where I crouched on the thwart.
The suppers I had given at my house had set me perfectly at liberty, and the superintendent could do nothing to thwart our love, though he was informed of it, so well are the spies of Turin organized.
Rightly, then, should France worship, and deafen the disaccord Of those who dare withstand an irresistible sword To thwart his predestined subjection of Europe.
The pharaohs, of course, can be encapsuled in a cartouche, and even a mage much less puissant than myself can thwart any number of zombies.