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Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

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

Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A blockhead; a dunce.

Blockader :: Blockader (n.) A vessel employed in blockading.

Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..

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..

Dolt :: Dolt (n.) A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard..

Drum :: Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome..

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

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

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

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

Block Book :: Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..

Bed :: Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

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