Definition of block

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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..

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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..
Graft :: Graft (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns..
Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used..
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..
Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..
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..
Block Book :: Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
Block :: Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
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..
Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Daff :: Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..
Numps :: Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead.
Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.
Bed :: Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
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