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Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

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

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

Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself..

Snipe :: Snipe (n.) A fool; a blockhead.

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

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Dodipoll :: Dodipoll (n.) A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.

Block :: Block (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each..

Juggle :: "Juggle (n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split..

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..

Blocklike :: Blocklike (a.) Like a block; stupid.

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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

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

Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

Match :: Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold..

Bond :: Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break jo

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

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