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Block :: Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below..

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Render :: Render (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way..

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

Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (v. t.) To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite..

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

Blockheaded :: Blockheaded (a.) Stupid; dull.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

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..

Blockage :: Blockage (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

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..

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

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

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..

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

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) A house of squared logs.

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..

Tailblock :: Tailblock (n.) A block with a tail. See Tail, 9..

Underhead :: Underhead (n.) A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead..

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