OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCTED, OBSTRUCTION, OBSTRUCTIVE
ADJECTIVES
1544 ► IMPEDITE impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective → obs.
1560 ► OBTURATE stopped up, obstructed; fig. impervious → obs.
1596 ► IMPEDIENT obstructive, hindering, impeding
1651 ► IMPEDITIVE tending to impede or obstruct; obstructive
1654 ► IMPEDIMENTAL of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding
1655 ► IMPEDIBLE that can be impeded, obstructed, or hindered → obs.
1888 ► IMPEDIMENTARY of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding
1890 ► HARROWED beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill; obstructed by an impediment or obstacle → Eng. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1738 ► GLAZIER a person who is obstructing one’s view, etc.
1846 ► NARK an annoying, unpleasant, obstructive, or quarrelsome person → sl.
1941 ► NOAH’S ARK an annoying, unpleasant, obstructive, or quarrelsome person → rhyming sl. for ‘nark’
VERBS
..888 ► LET to hinder, to prevent, to obstruct, to stand in the way of → arch.
1430 ► ACCLOY to block, to obstruct, to clog, to choke
1610 ► IMPEDIMENT to put an impediment or obstruction in the way of; to obstruct → obs.
1610 ► OPPONE to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct → obs.
1623 ► OBVARICATE to hinder, obstruct or stop one in his passage → obs.
1638 ► REMORATE to detain, delay, hinder, obstruct → obs.
1656 ► SUFFLAMINATE to put an obstacle in the way of, to obstruct
1657 ► OBTURATE to stop up, to close, to obstruct
1669 ► DISASSIST to do the reverse of assisting; to hinder, to obstruct → obs.
1875 ► HAGGLE to advance with difficulty; to do anything with much obstruction, to struggle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1895 ► BAFFLE → BOFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk → Eng. dial.
1910 ► DAIDLE to hinder or obstruct → Sc.
1950 ► GILL POKE → JILL POKE to run into an obstruction; to puncture, poke, or known down → Amer. dial.
1966 ► SCOTCH to block, to obstruct → Amer. dial.
1976 ► GUNGE UP to become obstructed or clogged up → sl.
1977 ► COME THE OLD TIN SOLDIER → COME THE TIN SOLDIER to be impertinent or obstructive → UK sl.