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

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar..

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron..

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

Render :: Render (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way..

Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) A house of squared logs.

Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..

Fish-tackle :: Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Patch :: Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below..

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

Blocking Course :: Blocking course () The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..

Bee :: Bee (n.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks..

Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..

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

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..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

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