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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Last :: Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed..
Blockish :: Blockish (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
Glut :: Glut (n.) A block used for a fulcrum.
Block :: Block (n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor..
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A blockhead; a lout.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.
Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
Dodipoll :: Dodipoll (n.) A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.
Woodenly :: Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.
Scamillus :: Scamillus (n.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal..
Tray :: Tray (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc..
Graft :: Graft (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns..
Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..
Blocking :: Blocking (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks..
Barricade :: Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.
Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.
Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..
Jobbernowl :: Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.
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