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Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

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

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..

Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..

Socle :: Socle (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth..

Mutule :: Mutule (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta..

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

Dentil :: Dentil (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders..

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

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..

Fortilage :: Fortilage (n.) A little fort; a blockhouse.

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

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not..

Blockading :: Blockading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blockad.

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

Stockjobber :: Stockish (a.) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.

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