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Mutule :: Mutule (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta..

Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by..

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..

Fair-leader :: Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Woodenly :: Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.

Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..

Mome :: Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead..

Knockstone :: Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.

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

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

Pad :: Pad (n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

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..

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

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

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..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

Oxhead :: Oxhead (n.) Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead..

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