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Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

Socle :: Socle (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth..

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A blockhead; a dunce.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

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

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

Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..

Blocking :: Blocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloc.

Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..

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..

Snipe :: Snipe (n.) A fool; a blockhead.

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..

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

Swilled :: Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

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

Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

Block Book :: Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.

Dizzard :: Dizzard (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.].

Dentil :: Dentil (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders..

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