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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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Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..

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

Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Blocking :: Blocking (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks..

Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (v. t.) To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite..

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

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..

Dogshore :: Dogshore (n.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering..

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..

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

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

Block :: 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..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

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

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

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..

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