Definition of block

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Block (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each..

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Socle :: Socle (n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth..
Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue..
Block Tin :: Block tin () See under Tin.
Blocked :: Blocked (imp. & p. p.) of Bloc.
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 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..
Buzzard :: Buzzard (n.) A blockhead; a dunce.
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..
Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
Spokesmen :: Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work..
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
Blocking :: Blocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloc.
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..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy..
Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..
Mome :: Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead..
Block :: Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
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