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Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

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

Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

Block Tin :: Block tin () See under Tin.

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

Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping..

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

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

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..

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..

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

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

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

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block..

Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

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

Thickskull :: Thickskull (n.) A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull..

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