Definition of block

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Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

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Thickskull :: Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull..
Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Investment :: Investment (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded..
Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..
Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.
Chock :: Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it..
Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock..
Wantwit :: Wantwit (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.
Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue..
Block :: Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..
Anvil :: Anvil (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped..
Daff :: Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper..
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..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..
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