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Minute-jack :: Minute-jack (n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.

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..

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge..

Reach :: Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..

Dunderhead :: Dunderhead (n.) A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.

Gunlock :: Gunlock (n.) The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock..

Warlock :: Warlock (n.) A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp.

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

Covey :: Covey (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges..

Enlock :: Enlock (v. t.) To lock; to inclose.

Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings..

Cowbane :: Cowbane (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock..

Bullock''s-eye :: Bullock's-eye (n.) See Bull's-eye, 3..

Trip :: Trip (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc..

Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm..

Cicuta :: Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known..

Square :: Square (n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets..

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