Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ. |
Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment. |
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. |
Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc. |
Bond (n.) The state of being bound |
Bond (n.) A binding force or influence |
Bond (n.) Moral or political duty or obligation. |
Bond (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void |
Bond (n.) An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money |
Bond (n.) The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid |
Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers |
Bond (n.) A unit of chemical attraction |
Bond (v. t.) To place under the conditions of a bond |
Bond (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity. |
Bond (n.) A vassal or serf |
Bond (a.) In a state of servitude or slavery |
Bond servant () A slave |
Bond service () The condition of a bond servant |
Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow. |
Plumber block () A pillow block. |
Post-obit bond () A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. |
Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. |
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. |
bond trading bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
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 |
attachment bond | a connection that fastens things together |
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 |
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 |
shackle bond hamper trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
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 |
woodcut wood block wood engraving | engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it, used to make prints |
adhesiveness adhesion adherence bond | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition, the mutual adhesiveness of cells, a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion |
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 |
bond rating | an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default, the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA |
block letter block capital | a plain hand-drawn letter |
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 |
block city block | a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings, he lives in the next block |
unit building block | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else, units of nucleic acids |
Bond James Bond | British secret operative in novels by Ian Fleming |
bond servant | someone bound to labor without wages |
Bond Julian Bond | United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born ) |
chemical bond bond | an electrical force linking atoms |
covalent bond | a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule |
hydrogen bond | a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond |
ionic bond electrovalent bond electrostatic bond | a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion |