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Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..

Half-wit :: Half-wit (n.) A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.

Horology :: Horology (n.) The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc..

Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady..

Tailblock :: Tailblock (n.) A block with a tail. See Tail, 9..

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.

Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

Noon :: Noon (n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached..

Congee :: Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.

Tinning :: Tinning (n.) The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like..

Uplock :: Uplock (v. t.) To lock up.

Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit..

Block :: Block (v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

Tick :: Tick (n.) A quick, audible beat, as of a clock..

Key :: Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem..

Block :: Block (n.) To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each..

Spite :: Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance..

Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block..

Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..

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