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Definition of block

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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.

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Oppilate :: Oppilate (v. t.) To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.

Dullhead :: Dullhead (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.

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

Cut :: Cut (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts..

Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering..

Investment :: Investment (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded..

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

Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..

Leader :: Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

Blocking :: Blocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloc.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

Tray :: Tray (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc..

Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

Fid :: Fid (n.) A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

Funge :: Funge (n.) A blockhead; a dolt; a fool.

Fish-block :: Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.

Stump :: Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..