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Interfolded :: Interfolded (p. a.) Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..

Unlock :: Unlock (v. t.) To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest..

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.

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

Charlock :: Charlock (n.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock..

Bandy :: Bandy (n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

Fid :: Fid (n.) A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper..

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

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

Clepsydra :: Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix..

Phototype :: Phototype (n.) A plate or block with a printing surface (usually in relief) obtained from a photograph; also, any one of the many methods of processes by which such a printing surface is obtained..

Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A blockhead; a lout.

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

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

Die :: Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

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