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Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..

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

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..

Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..

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

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

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..

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

Jobbernowl :: Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

Thickskull :: Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull..

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

Leader :: Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..

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..

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

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

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

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

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