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Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..

Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

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

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

Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..

Barricade :: Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access..

Reentering :: Reentering (n.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored..

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

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

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

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

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

Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..

Voyol :: Voyol (n.) The block through which a messenger passes.

Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.

Anvil :: Anvil (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped..

Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron..

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

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