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Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..

Authotype :: Authotype (n.) A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.

Top-block :: Top-block (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast..

Clog :: Clog (v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion..

Sot :: Sot (n.) A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

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

Hub :: Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.

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..

Denture :: Denture (n.) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..

Match :: Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

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

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..

Fish-block :: Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.

Lurdan :: Lurdan (a.) Stupid; blockish.

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

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

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