One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.
Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
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.
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.