Definition of block

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

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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..
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
Mutule :: Mutule (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta..
Blockish :: Blockish (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A blockhead; a lout.
Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
Lurdan :: Lurdan (a.) Stupid; blockish.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
Denture :: Denture (n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.
Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
Daff :: Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull..
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..
Doltish :: Doltish (a.) Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown..
Dogshore :: Dogshore (n.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Sumpitan :: Sumph (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.
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