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

Block :: Block (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat..

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block..

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

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

Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..

Strophanthus :: Strop (n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it..

Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

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..

Lurdan :: Lurdan (n.) A blockhead.

Blockage :: Blockage (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

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