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Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Oppilate :: Oppilate (v. t.) To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.

Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..

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

Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Tail :: Tail (n.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything..

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

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

Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..

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

Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..

Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines..

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

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

Sarsen :: Sarsen (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone..

Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

Crowfoot :: Crowfoot (n.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by..

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