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

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Lurdan :: Lurdan (n.) A blockhead.

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

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

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

Coehorn :: Coehorn (n.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men..

Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

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

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

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..

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

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

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.

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..

Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..

Stub :: Stub (n.) A log; a block; a blockhead.

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