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Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.

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

Oppilate :: Oppilate (v. t.) To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.

Sumpitan :: Sumph (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

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

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

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.

Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..

Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model..

Clog :: Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops..

Spokesmen :: Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work..

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

Jolthead :: Jolthead (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.

Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..

Block :: Block (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

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