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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..

Jobbernowl :: Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron..

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..

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

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

Thickskull :: Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull..

Plumber Block :: Plumber block () A pillow block.

Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

Patch :: Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting..

Cittern-head :: Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

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

Socle :: Socle (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth..

Tray :: Tray (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc..

Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..

Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.

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

Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.

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

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