Helen Fenton

Bloodletting: Definition and part of speech

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Bloodletting

  1. n. The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; — esp. applied to venesection.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blood money: Definition and part of speech

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Blood money

  1. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another’s life; — said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.
  2. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Block: Definition and part of speech

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Block

  1. v. t. A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
  2. v. t. A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children’s playing blocks, etc.
  3. v. t. The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
  4. v. t. The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
  5. v. t. The pattern or shape of a hat.
  6. 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; a row of houses or shops.
  7. v. t. A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
  8. 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; — used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.
  9. v. t. The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
  10. v. t. Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
  11. 1v. t. 1 A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
  12. 1v. t. 1 A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children’s playing blocks, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blocking: Definition and part of speech

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Blocking

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Block
  2. n. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blockade: Definition and part of speech

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Blockade

  1. v. t. An obstruction to passage.
  2. v. t. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
  3. n. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.