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Block
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
(2):
(v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
(3):
(v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.
(4):
(v. t.) 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.
(5):
(v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
(6):
(v. t.) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
(7):
(v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat.
(8):
(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.
(9):
(v. t.) 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.
(10):
(v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
(11):
(n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
(12):
(v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
(13):
(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.
(14):
(n.) 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.
(15):
(n.) In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors.
(16):
(n.) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
(17):
(n.) A block hole.
(18):
(n.) The popping crease.
(19):
(v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
(20):
(v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Block'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/block.html. 1828.
