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

Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..

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..

Stub :: Stub (n.) A log; a block; a blockhead.

Woodenly :: Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.

Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

Erratic :: Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..

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

Glut :: Glut (n.) A block used for a fulcrum.

Wantwit :: Wantwit (n.) One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

Planer :: Planer (n.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even..

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

Obstruent :: Obstruent (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine..

Lurdan :: Lurdan (n.) A blockhead.

Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

Coak :: Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

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