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Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below..

Guardhouse :: Guardhouse (n.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up..

Tump :: Tump (n.) A little hillock; a knoll.

Stirless :: Stirk (n.) A young bullock or heifer.

Pick :: Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock..

Belocked :: Belocked (imp. & p. p.) of Beloc.

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

Trig :: Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not..

Ambry :: Ambry (n.) In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc..

Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..

Run :: Run (v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block..

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye..

Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight..

Congee :: Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.

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