stonewall vs thwart

stonewall

noun
  • An obstruction. 

  • An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky). 

  • A refusal to cooperate. 

adj
  • Certain, definite. 

verb
  • To obstruct. 

  • To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information. 

thwart

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. 

adj
  • Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse. 

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