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truth can contradict another truth. Hooker. A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. Shak.

To contradict or oppose; to thwart. [Obs.] I was advised not to contrary the king. Bp. Latimer.

Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.

A compartment. [Obs.] T. Warton.

ctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. Stewart.

To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate. Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong with it. L'Estrange.

umpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (C. moschata) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]

Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton.

Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. I do not bear these crossings. Shak.

Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject. T. Warton.

A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).

To deprive of privileges. [R.] T. Warton.

ntermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.

Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.

l. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. Macaulay.

To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.

hich the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. Keble. Dun crow (Zoöl.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy. -- Dun diver (Zoö…