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Definition of block

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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..

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

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

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

Stump :: Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

Blockish :: Blockish (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.

Block Tin :: Block tin () See under Tin.

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Coak :: Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

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

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

Glut :: Glut (n.) A block used for a fulcrum.

Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..

Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block..

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..

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..

Erratic :: Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder..

Dullhead :: Dullhead (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.

Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..