Block
(v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky |
Block
(v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. |
Block
(v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. |
Block
(v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat. |
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 |
Block
(v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. |
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 |
Block
(v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. |
Block
(v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work. |
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. |
Block
(v. t.) A blockhead |
Block
(v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below. |
Block
(n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress |
Block
(n.) To secure or support by means of blocks |
Block
(n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block |
Block book
() A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. |
Block tin
() See under Tin. |
Fault
(n.) Defect |
Fault
(n.) Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence |
Fault
(n.) A moral failing |
Fault
(n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein. |
Fault
(n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam |
Fault
(n.) A lost scent |
Fault
(n.) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court. |
Fault
(v. t.) To charge with a fault |
Fault
(v. t.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture |
Fault
(v. i.) To err |
Fault-finder
(n.) One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them |
Fault-finding
(n.) The act of finding fault or blaming |
Fish-block
(n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Heaved
(imp.) of Heave |
Heaved
(p. p.) of Heave |
Pick-fault
(n.) One who seeks out faults. |
Pillar-block
(n.) See under Pillow. |
Plumber block
() A pillow block. |
Scarp
(n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter. |
Scarp
(n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet |
Scarp
(n.) A steep descent or declivity. |
Scarp
(v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so |
Snatch block
() a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. |
Strata
(n.) pl. of Stratum. |
Strata
(pl. ) of Stratum |
Stumbling-block
(n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error. |
Top-block
(n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast. |
Uplift
(v. t.) To lift or raise aloft |
Uplift
(n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like. |
mistake
error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
| double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
| block grant | a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs, block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare |
| block vote | a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents |
blocking
block | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements |
| trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
| fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area), he served too many double faults |
auction block
block | a platform from which an auctioneer sells, they put their paintings on the block |
| block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides), the pyramids were built with large stone blocks |
| block | housing in a large building that is divided into separate units, there is a block of classrooms in the west wing |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| block and tackle | pulley blocks with associated rope or cable |
| block diagram | a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) |
| block plane | a small plane used on end grains of wood |
bollock
bullock block | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast |
| building block | a block of material used in construction work |
butcher board
butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
| chopping block | a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split |
cinder block
clinker block
breeze block | a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate, cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain |
cube
square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
damper block
piano damper | damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration |
engine block
cylinder block
block | a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine, the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked |
escarpment
escarp
scarp
protective embankment | a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification |
highise
tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments, `tower block' is the British term for `highise' |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
linecut
line block
line engraving | engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved |
office building
office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
| pillow block | a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing |
pulley
pulley-block
pulley block
block | a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope |
sketchbook
sketch block
sketch pad | a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn |
| snatch block | a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope |
| starting block | block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race |
| stumbling block | any obstacle or impediment |
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
| swage block | an iron block cut with holes and grooves to assist in cold working metal |
| uplift | a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts |
woodcut
wood block
wood engraving | engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it, used to make prints |
| fault | responsibility for a bad situation or event, it was John's fault |
demerit
fault | the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection, they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel, he knew his own faults much better than she did |
block
mental block | an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do, often caused by emotional tension, I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block |
| writer's block | an inability to write, he had writer's block, the words wouldn't come |
block letter
block capital | a plain hand-drawn letter |
upheaval
uplift
upthrow
upthrust | (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) |
| fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.), it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it |
| block | a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit, he reserved a large block of seats, he held a large block of the company's stock |
| fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface |
block
city block | a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings, he lives in the next block |
| Denali Fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska |
escarpment
scarp | a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge, usually formed by erosion |
fault
faulting
geological fault
shift
fracture
break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |