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Definition of block

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Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..

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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..

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

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

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

Strophanthus :: Strop (n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it..

Wantwit :: Wantwit (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

Blocking :: Blocking (n.) Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

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

Last :: Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed..

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

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

Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..

Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..

Block Book :: Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

Stockjobber :: Stockish (a.) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.

Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.