Bachelor's button () A plant with flowers shaped like buttons |
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. |
Button (n.) A knob |
Button (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other |
Button (n.) A bud |
Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door. |
Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. |
Button (n.) To fasten with a button or buttons |
Button (n.) To dress or clothe. |
Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons |
Buttons (n.) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery. |
Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow. |
Plumber block () A pillow block. |
Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. |
Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with |
Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To thrust in |
Strike (v. t.) To punish |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats |
Strike (v. t.) To lower |
Strike (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse |
Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite |
Strike (v. t.) To make and ratify |
Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently |
Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top. |
Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. |
Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly |
Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of |
hit smash smasher strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
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 |
strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
block vote | a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents |
strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
blocking block | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements |
trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
sit-down sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
button quail button-quail bustard quail hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe, classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
striped button quail Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
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 |
button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
button | any artifact that resembles a button |
buttonhole button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
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 |
coat button | a button on a coat |
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' |
horn button | a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile |
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 |
mouse button | a push button on the mouse |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
panic button | a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency, the circuit is operated by a panic button, when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button |
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 |
push button push button | an electrical switch operated by pressing, the elevator was operated by push buttons, the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk |
push-button radio | a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
release button | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |