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A chip off the old blockChip Chip, n.
1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by
an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited
in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used
contemptuously.
5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log
line.
Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.
Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip.
See Chip, n., 3.
A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of
his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.
Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato
fried crisp. absolute blockingBlock system Block system (Railroads)
A system by which the track is divided into short sections,
as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the
guidance of electric, or combined electric and pneumatic,
signals that no train enters a section or block until the
preceding train has left it, as in
absolute blocking, or that a train may be allowed to follow
another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive
caution, as in
permissive blocking. Back blocksBlock Block, n.
1. In Australia, one of the large lots into which public
land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the
government surveyors.
2. (Cricket)
(a) The position of a player or bat when guarding the
wicket.
(b) A block hole.
(c) The popping crease. [R.]
Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote
from the seacoast or from a river. Belgian block
Belgian block Belgian block
A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, esp. granite,
used as a material for street pavements. Its usual diameter
is 5 to 7 inches.
blind blockingBlind Blind, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind,
Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect
or by deprivation; without sight.
He that is strucken blind can not forget The
precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak.
2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of
intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or
judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That
they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton.
3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
This plan is recommended neither to blind
approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay.
4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to
a person who is blind; not well marked or easily
discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path;
a blind ditch.
5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton.
6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall;
open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind
passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as,
blind buds; blind flowers.
Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate
motion. --Knight.
Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people,
esp. at night.
Blind cat (Zo["o]l.), a species of catfish (Gronias
nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns
in Pennsylvania.
Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.
--Simmonds.
Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or
window, without an opening for passage or light. See
Blank door or window, under Blank, a.
Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has
a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted
siphon. --Knight.
Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under
Dead.
Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one
that does not explode.
Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak
or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or
disposed to see danger. --Swift.
Blind snake (Zo["o]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake,
of the family Typhlopid[ae], with rudimentary eyes.
Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye
where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to
light.
Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the
indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; --
called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.
Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall. Cautionary block
Cautionary block Cau"tion*a*ry block (Railroads)
A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel,
under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.
Cheeks of a blockCheek Cheek (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[`a]ce,
ce[`o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin
to E. chew, jaw.]
1. The side of the face below the eye.
2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer.
3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber,
or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which
are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise;
the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.
4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight.
5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be
moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from
the mold; the middle part of a flask.
6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang]
Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef.
Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp.,
the malar bone.
Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate.
Cheek pouch (Zo["o]l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks
of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.
Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle
block.
Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast,
upon which the trestletrees rest.
Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth.
Butment cheek. See under Butment. Chopping blockChopping Chop"ping, n.
Act of cutting by strokes.
Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and
others chop meat, etc.
Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat,
vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of
the blade instead of at the end. Clew-line blockClew Clew, Clue Clue, n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS.
cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen,
OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, kn["a]uel, and perch.
to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor.
Perch. akin to E. claw. [root]26. Cf. Knawel.]
1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Untwisting his deceitful clew. --Spenser.
2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful
or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the
solution of a mystery.
The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the
vast and intricate maze of countinental politics,
was in his hands. --Macaulay.
3. (Naut.)
(a.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner
of a fore-and-aft sail.
(b.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
(c.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock
is suspended.
Clew garnet (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of
the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the
lower yards.
Clew line (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the
smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or
royal, is run up to its yard.
Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew
line reeves. See Illust. of Block. Gin blockGin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.]
1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
Spenser.
2.
(a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
(b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
gin.
Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
sails.
Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin,
rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel.
Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting
a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
Gin wheel.
(a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
(b) (Mining) the drum of a whim. Hat blockHat Hat, n. [AS. h[ae]t, h[ae]tt; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt,
Icel. hattr a hat, h["o]ttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG.
huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. ???. Cf.Hood.]
A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim,
made of various materials, and worn by men or women for
protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.
Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed.
To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of
voluntary contributions, which are often received in a
hat. [Collog.] --Lowell. Jack block Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It
sometimes designates something cut short or diminished
in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch,
etc.
Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick.
Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which
receives the wort. See under 1st Back.
Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or
royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts
and spars.
Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the
17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc. Jewel blockJewel Jew"el, n. [OE. juel, jowel, OF. jouel, juel, joiel, F.
joyau, dim. of OF. joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy.]
1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and
having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
Plate of rare device, and jewels Of rich and
exquisite form. --Shak.
2. A precious stone; a gem. --Shak.
3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious
thing. ``Our prince (jewel of children).' --Shak.
4. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a
crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard,
through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove. Mooring blockMooring Moor"ing, n.
1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by
means of anchors or fastenings.
2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as
anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
And the tossed bark in moorings swings. --Moore.
Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes
used as an anchor for mooring vessels. Paper blockade Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination,
having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper
cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or
paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker;
paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight,
or paperweight, etc.
Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in
payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to
accommodation paper.
Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used
for catching flies.
Laid paper. See under Laid.
Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree (Betula
papyracea).
Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval
force.
Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.
Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel
tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between
two plate-iron disks. --Forney.
Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such
as promissory notes, duebills, etc.
Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings.
Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or
otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against
the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.
Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come
in on free passes. [Cant]
Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government
or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money,
and circulated as the representative of coin.
Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.
Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.
Paper nautilus. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.
Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus.
Paper sailor. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.
Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De
Colange.
Paper wasp (Zo["o]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of
paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.
Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose
papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.
Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to
protect engravings in books.
Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above.
Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless,
except for uses of little account.
Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not
ribbed or watermarked. permissive blockingBlock system Block system (Railroads)
A system by which the track is divided into short sections,
as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the
guidance of electric, or combined electric and pneumatic,
signals that no train enters a section or block until the
preceding train has left it, as in
absolute blocking, or that a train may be allowed to follow
another into a block as long as it proceeds with excessive
caution, as in
permissive blocking. pillar blockPillow Pil"low, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
1. Anything used to support the head of a person when
reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers,
down, hair, or other soft material.
[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase],
a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Pillow block (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting
a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the
frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished
with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for
tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also
pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace
pillow.
Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to
raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when
not in use.
Pillow slip, a pillowcase. Pillow blockPillow Pil"low, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
1. Anything used to support the head of a person when
reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers,
down, hair, or other soft material.
[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase],
a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Pillow block (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting
a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the
frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished
with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for
tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also
pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace
pillow.
Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to
raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when
not in use.
Pillow slip, a pillowcase. plumber blockPillow Pil"low, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.]
1. Anything used to support the head of a person when
reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers,
down, hair, or other soft material.
[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak.
2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to
equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Lace pillow, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase],
a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Pillow block (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting
a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the
frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished
with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for
tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also
pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace
pillow.
Pillow of a plow, a crosspiece of wood which serves to
raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when
not in use.
Pillow slip, a pillowcase. Plumber block
Plumber block Plumb"er block`
A pillow block.
Pulley blockPulley Pul"ley, n.; pl. Pulleys. [F. poulie, perhaps of
Teutonic origin (cf. Poll, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine,
polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a
colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. Pullet,
Foal). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam,
originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.)
A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting
power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of
machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means
of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists,
in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a
sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by
means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed
point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope,
is thus doubled, but can move the load through only
half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also
pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The
end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block,
instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of
power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed
block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power
multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by
workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See
Block. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of
power, but serves simply for changing the direction of
motion.
Band pulley, or Belt pulley, a pulley with a broad face
for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means
of a belt, or for guiding a belt.
Cone pulley. See Cone pulley.
Conical pulley, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the
shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.
Fast pulley, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.
Loose pulley, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the
transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose
pulleys, under Fast.
Parting pulley, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves,
which can be bolted together, to facilitate application
to, or removal from, a shaft.
Pulley block. Same as Block, n. 6.
Pulley stile (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into
which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
Split pulley, a parting pulley. Quartering blockQuartering Quar"ter*ing, n.
1. A station. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu.
2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
3. (Her.)
(a) The division of a shield containing different coats of
arms into four or more compartments.
(b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an
escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
4. (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See
Quarter, n., 1
(m) (Arch.) --Gwilt.
Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned
criminal was quartered. --Macaulay. Running blockRunning Run"ning, a.
1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse;
(a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
(b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running
horse. --Law.
2. Successive; one following the other without break or
intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away
two days running; to sow land two years running.
3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the
facts with a running explanation. ``A running conquest.'
--Milton.
What are art and science if not a running commentary
on Nature? --Hare.
5. (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem;
as, a running vine.
6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
Running block (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys
which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or
lowered.
Running board, a narrow platform extending along the side
of a locomotive. Sister BlockSister Sis"ter, n. [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster,
from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries.
sweester, suster, LG. s["u]ster, suster, D. zuster, OS. &
OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan.
s["o]ster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses?, Russ. sestra, Pol.
siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. [root]298. Cf. Cousin.]
1. A female who has the same parents with another person, or
who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more
definitely called a half sister. The correlative of
brother.
I am the sister of one Claudio. --Shak.
2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with,
another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or
community. --James ii. 15.
3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; --
generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. --Pope.
Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves,
one above the other.
Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of
one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also match
hook.
Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under
Charity, and Mercy. Snatch block
Snatch block Snatch block (Naut.),
a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the
bight of a rope.
Swage blockSwage Swage, n.
A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used
by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their
work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage
upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with
a sledge.
Swage block, a perforated block of iron, having grooved
sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging
objects of large size. Thick-and-thin blockThick Thick, n.
1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles.
2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
--Spenser.
He through a little window cast his sight Through
thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden.
Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under
Fiddle.
Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and
difficulties, both great and small.
Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras.
He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of
a military frenzy. --Coleridge. To block outBlock Block, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blocking.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See Block,
n.]
1. 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.
With moles . . . would block the port. --Rowe.
A city . . . besieged and blocked about. --Milton.
2. 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.
3. To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
To block out, to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out
roughly; to lay out; as, to block out a plan. To raise a blockade Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the
Southern States, raise in also commonly applied to the
rearing or bringing up of children.
I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the
mountains of the North. --Paulding.
(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee. --Deut. xviii.
18.
God vouchsafes to raise another world From him
[Noah], and all his anger to forget. --Milton.
(e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex.
xxiii. 1.
(f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
--Dryden.
(g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
light and spongy, as bread.
Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
--Spectator.
5. (Naut.)
(a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher
by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook
light.
(b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets,
i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is,
to create it. --Burrill.
To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up a
blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or
dispersing them.
To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc., to
increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the
writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is
specified. To raise a blockadeBlockade Block*ade", n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See Block, v. t.
]
1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the
purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception
of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with
ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment
by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing
power must be able to apply its force to every point of
practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to
attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port
where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent.
2. An obstruction to passage.
To raise a blockade. See under Raise.
Meaning of block from wikipedia
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Block or
blocked may
refer to:
Block programming, the
result of a...
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Block may
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Block (Baltimore), an
adult entertainment area The
Block (Philippines), an
annex building in SM City
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blocking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Blocking may
refer to:
Blacklist (computing)
Blocking (computing),
holding up a task
until an event...
- A
butcher block or butcher's
block is a
heavy duty
chopping block,
typically laminated of hardwood.
Traditionally made of hard maple, it was commonly...
- inlets, from the
Block 30
series on,
blocks ending in "0" (e.g.,
Block 30) are
powered by GE, and
blocks ending in "2" (e.g.,
Block 32) are ****ed with...
- In basketball, a
block or
blocked shot
occurs when a
defensive player legally deflects a
field goal
attempt from an
offensive player to
prevent a score...
- A
block chord is a
chord or
voicing built directly below the
melody either on the
strong beats or to
create a four-part
harmonized melody line in "locked-hands"...
-
Block Elements is a
Unicode block containing square block symbols of
various fill and shading. Used
along with
block elements are box-drawing characters...
- In India, a
Community development block (CD
block) or
simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil,
administratively earmarked for
planning and development...
- Writer's
Block is a non-medical condition,
primarily ****ociated with writing, in
which an
author is
either unable to
produce new work or
experiences a...
