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Block :: Block (v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.

Lurdan :: Lurdan (a.) Stupid; blockish.

Dogshore :: Dogshore (n.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

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

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

Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..

Strophanthus :: Strop (n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it..

Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

Block Tin :: Block tin () See under Tin.

Anvil :: Anvil (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped..

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

Stockjobber :: Stockish (a.) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.

Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape..

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..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

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..

Knockstone :: Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.

Tailblock :: Tailblock (n.) A block with a tail. See Tail, 9..

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