party pooper[coll]; party crasher, interloper.
     trail of a red herring; opponent &c. 710. 
     V. hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite[obs3], embarrass.
     keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert|; turn aside,
draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck[obs3]; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop[Law]; inhibit &c. 761; shackle &c. (restrain) 751; restrict.
     obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock; block, block up; choke off;
belay, barricade; block the way, bar the way, stop the way; forelay[obs3]; dam up &c. (close) 261; put on the brake &c. n.; scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel; put a stop to &c. 142; traverse, contravene; interrupt, intercept; oppose &c. 708; hedge in, hedge round; cut off; inerclude|.
     interpose, interfere, intermeddle &c. 682.
     cramp, hamper; clog, clog the wheels; cumber; encumber, incumber;
handicap; choke; saddle with, load with; overload, lay; lumber, trammel, tie one’s hands, put to inconvenience; incommode, discommode; discompose; hustle, corner, drive into a corner.
     run foul of, fall foul of; cross the path of, break in upon.
     thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze[obs3], feeze
[obs3][U.S.]; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat &c. 731; spike guns &c. (render useless) 645; spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple &c. (injure) 659; put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten &c (dissuade) 616; discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one’s sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one’s neck. 
     Adj. hindering &c. v.; obstructive, obstruent[obs3]; impeditive[obs3],
impedient[obs3]; intercipient|; prophylactic &c. (remedial) 662; impedimentary.
     in the way of, unfavorable; onerous, burdensome; cumbrous, cumbersome;
obtrusive.
     hindered &c v.; windbound[obs3], waterlogged, heavy laden; hard
pressed.
     unassisted &c. (see assist &c. 707); single-handed, alone; deserted
&c. 624. 
     Phr. occurrent nubes[Lat].

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     #707.  Aid. —­ N. aid, aidance[obs3]; assistance, help, opitulation|,
succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy &c. (cooperation) 709[obs3].
     patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.
     sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment;
eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food &c. 298; means &c. 632.
     ministry, ministration; subministration[obs3]; accommodation.
     relief, rescue; help at a dead lift; supernatural aid; deus ex
machina[Lat].
     supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements[obs3], succors, contingents,
recruits; support &c. (physical) 215; adjunct, ally