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Nine
·noun A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
II. Nine ·adj Eight and one more; one less than...
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Pin
·noun Mood; humor.
II. Pin ·noun A rolling-pin.
III. Pin ·noun The tenon of a dovetail joint.
IV....
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pin
In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: an allusion to a sort of tankard, formerly used in the north, ha...
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Block
·add. ·noun A block hole.
II. Block ·vt The pattern or shape of a hat.
III. Block ·add. ·noun The ...
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block
A term applied in America to a square mass of houses included between four streets. It is a very use...
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block
I.
(In mechanics termed a pulley.) Blocks are flattish oval pieces of wood, with sheaves in them, ...
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block and block
The situation of a tackle when the blocks are drawn close together, so that the mechanical power bec...
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Nine-bark
·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...
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Nine-eyes
·noun The <<Lamprey>>.
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Nine-killer
·noun The northern butcher bird.
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Nine Gardens
On the north-east side of Tower Hill, near the boundary of the Tower Liberty (Haiward and Gascoigne'...
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nine lives
Cats are said to have nine lives, and women ten cats lives.
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nine-killer
The popular name of the Northern Butcher-bird (lanius) of ornithologists. In Canada and the Eastern ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Belaying pin
·- A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are f...
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Breech pin
·- ·Alt. of Breech screw.
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Corking pin
·- A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold.
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Firing pin
·add. ·- In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and e...
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Pin-eyed
·adj Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concea...
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Pin-fire
·add. ·adj Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Rolling-pin
·noun A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and...
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Crisping-pin
(Isa. 3:22; R.V., "satchel"), some kind of female ornament, probably like the modern reticule. The H...
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pin basket
The youngest child.
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pin money
An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences.
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pin-bush
n.
i.q. Needle-bush (q.v.)
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linch-pin
the penis of a stag. Shropsh.
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inch-pin
the penis of a stag. Shropsh.
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pin-cod
a pincushion.
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crank-pin
In steam machinery, it goes through both arms of the crank at their extremities; to this pin the con...
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pin-tail
The Anas acuta, a species of duck with a long pointed tail. Also, in artillery, the iron pin on the ...
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safety-pin
To secure the head of the capstan-bar.
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thole-pin
[from the Anglo-Saxon thol]. Certain pins in the gunwale of a boat, instead of the rowlock-poppets, ...
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Belgian block
·add. ·- A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, ·esp. granite, used as a material for street pa...
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Block book
·- A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
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Block chain
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
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Block signal
·add. ·- One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block s...
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Block system
·add. ·- A system by which the track is divided into short sections, as of three or four miles, and ...
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Block tin
·- ·see under <<Tin>>.
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Cautionary block
·add. ·- A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by ...
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Fish-block
·noun ·see Fish-tackle.
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Pillar-block
·noun ·see under <<Pillow>>.
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Plumber block
·- A pillow block.
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Snatch block
·- a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
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Stumbling-block
·noun Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.
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Top-block
·noun A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, —...
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block houses
Prisons, houses of correction, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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upping block
(Called in some counties a leaping stock, in others a jossing block.) Steps for mounting a horse. He...
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back-block
adj.
from the interior.
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `Sydneyside Saxon,' vol. xii. p. 215:
«`What a nic...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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block-house
A small fort built of logs which project some six or eight feet over a wooden or stone foundation, f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-block
, HORSE-STONE, stone to mount on horseback. Lane.
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up-block
a horse-block, or horsing-block Glouc.
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yu-block
, yule-clog
Christmas-block.
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yule-block
, yule-clog
Christmas-block.
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block-maker
A manufacturer of blocks.
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built-block
Synonymous with made-block (which see). The lower masts of large ships are built or made.
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bushed-block
See coak.
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cat-block
A two or three fold block, with an iron strop and large hook to it, which is employed to cat or draw...
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d-block
A lump of oak in the shape of a D, bolted to the ship's side in the channels to reeve the lifts thro...
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double-block
One fitted with a couple of sheaves, in holes side by side.
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fiddle-block
A long shell, having one sheave over the other, and the lower smaller than the upper (see long-tackl...
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fly-block
The block spliced into the topsail-tye; it is large and flat, and sometimes double.
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hook-block
Any block, of iron or wood, strapped with a hook.
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jack-block
A block occasionally attached to the topgallant-tie, and through which the top-gallant top-rope is r...
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monkey-block
A small single block strapped with a swivel. Also, those nailed on the topsail-yards of some merchan...
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notch-block
See snatch-block.
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rack-block
A range of sheaves cut in one piece of wood, for running ropes to lead through.
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cistern block
See sister block
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sister block
or cistern block
A turned cylindrical block having two sheave-holes, one above the other. It fits ...
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snatch-block
A single iron-bound block, with an opening in one side above the sheave, in which the bight of a rop...
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tail-block
A rope-stropped block, having an end of rope attached to it as a tail, by which it may be fastened t...
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top-block
A large single block with an iron strop and hook, by which it is hooked into an eye-bolt under the l...
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treble-block
One fitted with three sheaves or rollers.
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tye-block
The block on the yard through which the tye is rove, and passes on to be secured at the mast-head. T...
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warping-block
A block made of ash or elm, used in rope-making for warping off yarn.
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pin-panniebly-fellow
a miserable, covetous, suspicious fellow, one who pins up or fastens his paniers and baskets. N.
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block, on the
1) On the promenade above referred to.
1896. `The Argus,' July 17, p. 4. col. 7:
«We may slacken p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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chock-a-block
, or chock and block
Is the same with block-a-block and two-blocks (which see). When the lower blo...
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main-tack block
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to.
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strop-bound block
A single block used in the clue of square-sails for the clue-lines to lead through; it has a shoulde...
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Cat o' nine tails
·- ·see under <<Cat>>.
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cat of nine tails
A scourge composed of nine strings of whip-cord, each string having nine knots.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat o' nine tails
An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...
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jaw of a block
The space in the shell where the sheave revolves.
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score of a block, or of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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thick and thin block
, or fiddle-block.
A block having one sheave larger than the other, sometimes used for quarter-blo...
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eye of a block-strop
That part by which it is fastened or suspended to any particular place upon the sails, masts, or rig...
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