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Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
of Blockade
One who blockades.
A vessel employed in blockading.
of Blockade
The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
of Block
A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
Stupid; dull.
That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity.
A house of squared logs.
An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany.
The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
of Block
The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
Like a block; stupid.
A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.