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

Hub :: Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.

Fish-tackle :: Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

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

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

Clodpate :: Clodpate (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.

Jobbernowl :: Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.

Blockheadism :: Blockheadism (n.) That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity.

Obstruent :: Obstruent (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine..

Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue..

Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Dolt :: Dolt (n.) A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard..

Blocking :: Blocking (n.) Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily..

Voyol :: Voyol (n.) The block through which a messenger passes.

Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Drum :: Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome..

Run :: Run (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block..