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Graft :: Graft (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns..

Last :: Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed..

Stumblingly :: Stumbling-block (n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error..

Knockstone :: Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print..

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

Juggle :: "Juggle (n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split..

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar..

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..

Dodipoll :: Dodipoll (n.) A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.

Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..

Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.

Bed :: Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

Blocked :: Blocked (imp. & p. p.) of Bloc.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Bond :: Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break jo

Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..

Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

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

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