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Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

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

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

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

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..

Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue..

Daff :: Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull..

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..

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..

Leader :: Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

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

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

Woodenness :: Woodenness (n.) Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.

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..

Clog :: Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Pillar-block :: Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow.

Coehorn :: Coehorn (n.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping..

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