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

Die :: Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing..

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

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..

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

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

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..

Dolt :: Dolt (n.) A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard..

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

Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..

Blockish :: Blockish (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.

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

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..

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

Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock..

Vase :: Vase (n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche..

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..

Glut :: Glut (n.) A block used for a fulcrum.

Trig :: Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid..

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