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Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..

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

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

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

Stock :: Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself..

Underhead :: Underhead (n.) A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead..

Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.

Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..

Stockjobber :: Stockish (a.) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.

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..

Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..

Montoir :: Montoir (n.) A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Blocked :: Blocked (imp. & p. p.) of Bloc.

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