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Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.

Block :: 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.

Authotype :: Authotype (n.) A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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..

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..

Woodenly :: Woodenly (adv.) Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.

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

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

Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..

Daff :: Daff (n.) A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull..

Mome :: Mome (n.) A dull, silent person; a blockhead..

Engraving :: Engraving (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

Cittern-head :: Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

Steeving :: Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model..

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