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Pitching :: Pitching (n.) The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.

Blockage :: Blockage (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

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..

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

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..

Montoir :: Montoir (n.) A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

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

Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.

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

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

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

Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..

Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..

Glut :: Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

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