Definition of block

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

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Reentering :: Reentering (n.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored..
Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..
Numps :: Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead.
Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
Dunderhead :: Dunderhead (n.) A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.
Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (v. t.) To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite..
Nut :: Nut (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt..
Block Tin :: Block tin () See under Tin.
Mome :: Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead..
Die :: Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..
Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
Dullhead :: Dullhead (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.
Blocking :: Blocking (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks..
Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines..
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