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Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

Spall :: Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge..

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

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver..

Snipe :: Snipe (n.) A fool; a blockhead.

Blockheadism :: Blockheadism (n.) That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity.

Impression :: Impression (n.) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like..

Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..

Blockage :: Blockage (n.) The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..

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

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

Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..

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

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade..

Stump :: Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..

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..

Top-block :: Top-block (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast..

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

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