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Oppilate :: Oppilate (v. t.) To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.

Interfolded :: Interfolded (p. a.) Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.

Broach :: Broach (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

Set :: Set (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock..

Observation :: Observation (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc..

Floccillation :: Floccillation (n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases..

Bellwether :: Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

Taglock :: Taglock (n.) An entangled lock, as of hair or wool..

Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

Lockjaw :: Lockjaw (n.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock..

Bed :: Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.

Modillion :: Modillion (n.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances..

Fleck :: Fleck (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool..

Berry :: Berry (n.) A mound; a hillock.

Shepherd :: Shepherd (n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large..

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