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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Mome :: Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead..
Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..
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..
Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Block :: Block (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat..
Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
Engraving :: Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print..
Bed :: Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
Engraving :: Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper..
Fortilage :: Fortilage (n.) A little fort; a blockhouse.
Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade..
Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block..
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..
Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
Drum :: Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome..
Block :: 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..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
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