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Definition of block

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Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..

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Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

Blocking Course :: Blocking course () The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Montoir :: Montoir (n.) A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Jolthead :: Jolthead (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

Pillar-block :: Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow.

Nog :: Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Daff :: Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull..

Sumpitan :: Sumph (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) A house of squared logs.

Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..

Investment :: Investment (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded..

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.