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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..

Sarsen :: Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone..

Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

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

Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines..

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..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..

Dizzard :: Dizzard (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.].

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade..

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

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

Stump :: Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself..

Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..

Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..

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