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Patch :: Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting..

Top-block :: Top-block (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast..

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

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..

Reentering :: Reentering (n.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored..

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

Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.

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

Sarsen :: Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone..

Tailblock :: Tailblock (n.) A block with a tail. See Tail, 9..

Clog :: Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion..

Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..

Crosshead :: Crosshead (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead..

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

Cittern-head :: Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

Anvil :: Anvil (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped..

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

Pillar-block :: Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow.

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