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BLOCK, n. 1. A heavy piece of timber or wood, usually with one plain surface;or it is rectangular, and rather thick than long.2. Any mass of matter with an extended surface; as a block of marble, a piece rough from the quarry.3. A massy body, solid and heavy; a mass of wood, iron, or other metal, with at least one plain surface, such as artificers use.4. The wood on which criminals are beheaded.5. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; hindrance; obstacle.6. A piece of wood in which a pulley runs; used also for the pulley, or the block itself and the sheaves, or wheels.7. A blockhead; a stupid fellow.8. Among cutters in wood, a form made of hard wood, on which they cut figures in relief with knives,chisels, &c.9. In falconry, the perch whereon a bird of prey is kept.BLOCK, v.t. To inclose or shut up, so as to hinder egress or passage; to stop up; to obstruct,by placing obstacles in the way; often followed by up; as, to block up a town,or a road.
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BLOCK, n. 1. A heavy piece of timber or wood, usually with one plain surface;or it is rectangular, and rather thick than long.2. Any mass of matter with an extended surface; as a block of marble, a piece rough from the quarry.3. A massy body, solid and heavy; a mass of wood, iron, or other metal, with at least one plain surface, such as artificers use.4. The wood on which criminals are beheaded.5. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; hindrance; obstacle.6. A piece of wood in which a pulley runs; used also for the pulley, or the block itself and the sheaves, or wheels.7. A blockhead; a stupid fellow.8. Among cutters in wood, a form made of hard wood, on which they cut figures in relief with knives,chisels, &c.9. In falconry, the perch whereon a bird of prey is kept.BLOCK, v.t. To inclose or shut up, so as to hinder egress or passage; to stop up; to obstruct,by placing obstacles in the way; often followed by up; as, to block up a town,or a road. | BLOCK, n. [D. blok; Ger. block; Fr. bloc; W. ploc, from lloc, a mound; plociaw, to block, to plug; Russ. placha, a block. The primary sense is, set, fixed, or a mass.]- A heavy piece of timber or wood, usually with one plain surface; or it is rectangular, and rather thick than long.
- Any mass of matter with an extended surface; as, a block of marble, a piece rough from the quarry.
- A massy body, solid and heavy; a mass of wood, iron, or other metal, with at least one plain surface, such as artificers use.
- The wood on which criminals are beheaded.
- Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; hindrance; obstacle.
- A piece of wood in which a pulley runs; used also for the pulley, or the block itself, and the sheaves, or wheels.
- A blockhead; a stupid fellow.
- Among cutters in wood, a form made of hard wood, on which they cut figures in relief with knives, chisels, &c. – Encyc.
- In falconry, the perch whereon a bird of prey is kept. – Encyc.
BLOCK, v.t. [Fr. bloquer; Port. and Sp. bloquear; It. bloccare.]To inclose or shut up, so as to hinder egress or passage; to stop up; to obstruct by placing obstacles in the way; often followed by up; as, to block up a town, or a road. | Block
- A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass
of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately
plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a
block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks,
etc.
- To obstruct so
as to prevent passage or progress] to prevent passage from, through, or
into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often
followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
- In
Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened
to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors.
- The solid piece of wood on which condemned
persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
- 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.
- The
position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc.,
are shaped.
- To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to
block a hat.
- 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.
- A square, or portion of a city inclosed by
streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
- A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or
shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be
attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in
raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when
two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or
to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and
in tackles.
- The perch on which a bird of
prey is kept.
- Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a
stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
- A piece of box or other wood for engravers'
work.
- A piece of hard wood (as
mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted
to make it type high.
- A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
- A section of a railroad where the block system
is used. See Block system, below.
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Block BLOCK, noun 1. A heavy piece of timber or wood, usually with one plain surface; or it is rectangular, and rather thick than long. 2. Any mass of matter with an extended surface; as a block of marble, a piece rough from the quarry. 3. A massy body, solid and heavy; a mass of wood, iron, or other metal, with at least one plain surface, such as artificers use. 4. The wood on which criminals are beheaded. 5. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; hindrance; obstacle. 6. A piece of wood in which a pulley runs; used also for the pulley, or the block itself and the sheaves, or wheels. 7. A blockhead; a stupid fellow. 8. Among cutters in wood, a form made of hard wood, on which they cut figures in relief with knives, chisels, etc. 9. In falconry, the perch whereon a bird of prey is kept. BLOCK, verb transitive To inclose or shut up, so as to hinder egress or passage; to stop up; to obstruct, by placing obstacles in the way; often followed by up; as, to block up a town, or a road.
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