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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 It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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

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

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

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

Blocking Course :: Blocking course () The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

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

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

Stock :: Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself..

Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..

Half-wit :: Half-wit (n.) A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.

Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

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..

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

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

Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.

Spokesmen :: Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work..

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

Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

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..

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