These are the meanings of the letters BLOCKIE when you unscramble them.
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Block (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.
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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.
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Block (n.)
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
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Block (v. t.)
A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
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Block (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.
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Block (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.
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Block (v. t.)
A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
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Block (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.
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Block (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.
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Block (v. t.)
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
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Block (v. t.)
A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
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Block (v. t.)
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
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Block (v. t.)
The pattern or shape of a hat.
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Block (v. t.)
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
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Block (v. t.)
The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
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Block (v. t.)
The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
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bloke (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
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Cibol (n.)
A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.
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Coble (n.)
A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.
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Obeli (pl. )
of Obelus
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Oleic (a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14/ C.