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Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling..

Erratic :: Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder..

Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

Mome :: Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead..

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

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

Denture :: Denture (n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth..

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

Numps :: Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead.

Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar..

Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

Woodenly :: Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..

Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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

Stock :: Stock (n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock..

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

Stub :: Stub (n.) A log; a block; a blockhead.

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