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Concept in network science
The stochastic block model is a generative model for random graphs. This model tends to produce graphs containing communities, subsets of nodes characterized
Stochastic_block_model
Topics referred to by the same term
Block model may refer to: Blockmodeling, in network science Building block model, a form of public utility regulation in Australia Resource block model
Block_model
Model for public utility regulation in Australia
The building block model is a form of public utility regulation that is common in Australia. Variants of the building block model are currently used in
Building_block_model
Economic classification systems used for minerals
resource model with data from various sources. Once the geological modeling is completed, the geological envelopes are divided into block models. Subsequently
Mineral resource classification
Mineral_resource_classification
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List_of_Remington_models
Concept in graph theory
planted l-partition model of Condon and Karp, or more generally of "stochastic block models", a general class of random network models containing community
Community_structure
Two closely related models for generating random graphs
block model – Concept in network science, a generalization of the Erdős–Rényi model for graphs with latent community structure Watts–Strogatz model –
Erdős–Rényi_model
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
December 2000. Designed as a successor to the Ford Y-block engine, it was first installed in the 1962 model year Ford Fairlane and Mercury Meteor. Originally
Ford_small_block_engine
Protocol for communicating between LLMs and applications
"Introducing the Model Context Protocol". Anthropic. November 25, 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-12. Bellan, Rebecca (2025-12-09). "OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block join new
Model_Context_Protocol
Rifle
The Winchester Model 1885 is a single-shot rifle with a falling-block action. It was principally designed by John Browning. Two models were produced,
Winchester_Model_1885
Family of random graph models
Configuration Model is a family of random graph models designed to generate networks from a given degree sequence. Unlike simpler models such as the Erdős–Rényi
Configuration_model
Continental crustal block in China, Inner Mongolia, the Yellow Sea, and North Korea
Craton from their ancient blocks, while Zhao argued that the later event was responsible for the amalgamation. Kusky's model proposed a sequence of events
North_China_Craton
Text-based topic extraction method
models was proposed based on the stochastic block model. Topic modeling has leveraged LLMs through contextual embedding and fine tuning. Topic models
Topic_model
Genomic region containing only a few distinct haplotypes
small number of distinct haplotypes. According to the haplotype-block model, such blocks should show high levels of linkage disequilibrium and be separated
Haplotype_block
Family of V8 and V6 engines
The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and offshoot V6 engines designed and manufactured by the American automotive company
General Motors LS-based small-block engine
General_Motors_LS-based_small-block_engine
Car engine
engine block. Referred to as a "small-block" for its size relative to the physically much larger Chevrolet big-block engines, the small-block family spanned
Chevrolet small-block engine (first- and second-generation)
Chevrolet_small-block_engine_(first-_and_second-generation)
Clustering and community detection algorithm
networks, in particular those sampled from the assortative stochastic block model., it is prone to finding spurious communities in random graphs and has
Louvain_method
Topics referred to by the same term
Building blocks (toy), modular construction parts, usually made of plastic, which can be assembled in a form-fit manner Building block model, a form of
Building_block
Representation on functions in computer engineering
and modeling notations. This section gives an overview of the important techniques in chronological order. A functional block diagram is a block diagram
Function_model
Type of machine learning model
Though the original transformer has both encoder and decoder blocks, BERT is an encoder-only model. Academic and research usage of BERT began to decline in
Large_language_model
Distributed data store for digital transactions
records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp
Blockchain
Rolling-block rifle
caliber. Later models were produced in .30-03 (Predecessor to .30-06), 7×57mm Mauser, and 8×50mmR Lebel. The Remington Rolling Block was developed from
Remington_Rolling_Block_rifle
cross-sections, fence diagrams, and block diagrams are generated to check the validity and geological reasonability of the modeling. The next steps can involve
Rockworks
Motor vehicle
non-RS models) were also changed from circular to oval. The SS models received chrome hood inserts that imitated velocity stacks and big block models had
Chevrolet Camaro (first generation)
Chevrolet_Camaro_(first_generation)
Model of concurrent computation
The actor model in computer science is a mathematical model of concurrent computation that treats an actor as the basic building block of concurrent computation
Actor_model
American actress
drama series My Life with the Walter Boys (2023) and for her role in On My Block (2018). Rodriguez was born to a Mexican father and a mother of British and
Nikki_Rodriguez
Past and present exist while the future does not
proposes an evolving block universe (EBU) which is a hybrid model of time that combines elements of the traditional, static 4D "block universe" (where all
Growing_block_universe
Piston engine with eight cylinders in V-configuration
in 1965 for the 1966 model year 7.4 L (454 cu in) Chevrolet big-block engine released in 1969 for the 1970 model year. Big-block engines reached their
V8_engine
American multi-role fighter aircraft
operating modes for combat, even at night or in bad weather. The Block 15's APG-66(V)2 model added more powerful signal processing, higher output power, improved
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The Lincoln Y-block V8 engine was Ford's earliest OHV V8 engine, introduced by Lincoln in the 1952 model year. Like the later and better-known but even
Lincoln_Y-block_V8_engine
Model Town C-Block Ground is a football stadium in the C Block of Model Town neighbourhood of Lahore, Pakistan. The Pakistan national football team has
Model_Town_C-Block_Ground
American V-8 car engine
for the various model applications is of serious concern to the manufacturing and service departments ... Inclining the top of the block to 16° and shaping
Chevrolet_big-block_engine
Topics referred to by the same term
package manager, for software packages Planted partition model, a special case of Stochastic block model Portable pixmap format, a Netpbm format Prediction
PPM
Single-shot firearm action
and Springfield Model 1871 rifles also used the rolling-block action. Remington built estimated 1.5 million firearms with rolling-block action, encompassing
Rolling_block
least two times in each block; this replication allows the estimation and testing of an interaction term in the linear model (without making parametric
Generalized randomized block design
Generalized_randomized_block_design
Large language model and AI chatbot by Anthropic
Claude is a series of large language models developed by American software company Anthropic. Claude was released as an AI-based chatbot in March 2023
Claude_(language_model)
Strategic management template
trade-offs. The nine "building blocks" of the business model design template that came to be called the business model canvas were initially proposed
Business_model_canvas
Breech-loading rifle
The Springfield Model 1870 rolling-block U.S. Navy rifle was a shipboard small arm for use by the United States Navy, employing the Remington Arms Company
Springfield model 1870 Remington—Navy
Springfield_model_1870_Remington—Navy
Use of conceptual models
type of systems modeling is function modeling, with specific techniques such as the Functional Flow Block Diagram and IDEF0. These models can be extended
Systems_modeling
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
breathed through a Holley model 2140 (4V) carburetor. The 256 version of the Mercury Y-block was only available in 1954 models and was replaced by the 292
Ford_Y-block_engine
Single-shot firearm action
Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878, Winchester Model 1885, Browning model 1885, Browning M78, the Ruger No. 1, and the Ruger No. 3. Falling-block action military
Falling-block_action
Technique for modelling software architecture
architectural building blocks. The C4 model was created by the software architect Simon Brown between 2006 and 2011 on the roots of Unified Modelling Language (UML)
C4_model
Lever-action shotguns
rolling block lever-action. To Winchester's credit, however, they later introduced a Browning-designed pump-action shotgun known as the Model 1893 (an
Winchester_Model_1887/1901
Type of cipher
In cryptography, a block cipher is a deterministic algorithm that operates on fixed-length groups of bits, called blocks. Block ciphers are the elementary
Block_cipher
Service revolver
barrels. The .38 S&W Military & Police Model of 1905 4th Change, introduced 1915, incorporated a passive hammer block and enlarged service sights that quickly
Smith_&_Wesson_Model_10
Breech-loading rifle
Springfield Model 1870 may also refer to the Springfield rolling-block U.S. Navy rifle, employing the Remington Arms Company rolling-block design, and
Springfield_model_1870
Graphical representation of [[Black box]] structure
Class Diagram. Block Definition Diagrams (BDDs) are SysML's primary static-structure diagrams. They depict blocks – the basic modeling unit in SysML –
Block_definition_diagram
Breech-loading rifle
The Springfield Model 1871 rolling-block U.S. Army rifle was manufactured in 1871–72 by Springfield Armory, using the design originated by Remington Arms
Springfield_model_1871
Building in Auschwitz I (main camp); central camp torture and execution facility
Block 11 was the name of a brick building in Auschwitz I, the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used
Block_11
Philosophical view that there is no correct way of perceiving the passage of time
has argued that a block time model solves the black hole information paradox. Philosophers such as John Lucas argue that "The Block universe gives a deeply
Eternalism (philosophy of time)
Eternalism_(philosophy_of_time)
Enterprise architecture framework
with the appropriate quality attributes The building blocks model (an architectural meta-model for infrastructure) that... Creates and describes logical
DYA_framework
Analytical method for social structure
Nordlund) StOCNET (Tom Snijders),... BLOCKS (Tom Snijders), CONCOR, Model and Model2 (Vladimir Batagelj), Stochastic block model Mathematical sociology Role assignment
Blockmodeling
Large language model developed by Google
Gemini is a family of multimodal large language models (LLMs) developed by Google DeepMind, and the successor to LaMDA and PaLM 2. Comprising Gemini Pro
Gemini_(language_model)
Hospital in Punjab, Pakistan
Ittefaq Hospital is a private hospital Trust located near H Block Model Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Hospital was established by the Ittefaq Hospital
Ittefaq_Hospital
American full-size car
through 1967, though the big-block engines and heavy-duty parts could still be ordered. From 1967 to 1969, an additional model, the SS427, was available
Chevrolet_Impala
Video-generating LLM (2024–2026)
Sora was a text-to-video model and social media app developed by OpenAI. Using artificial intelligence, the model generated short video clips based on
Sora_(text-to-video_model)
interface logic model (ILM) is a technique to model blocks in hierarchical VLSI implementation flow. It is a gate level model of a physical block where only
Interface_logic_model
Specific model of the F-16 fighter aircraft family
early 1980s. There were 94 Block 1, 197 Block 5, and 312 Block 10 aircraft produced. Block 1 is the early production model with the radome painted black
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_variants
Solid unit of the Earth's crust
tectonic block is a part of the Earth's crust that can be treated as a solid rigid crustal block or lithospheric section. A tectonic block may be bounded
Tectonic_block
Graph generated by a random process
Extension of linear response theory in mesoscopic regimes Stochastic block model – Concept in network science Lancichinetti–Fortunato–Radicchi benchmark –
Random_graph
Topics referred to by the same term
is a professional association founded in 1969. Stochastic block model, a generative model for random graphs Super Bit Mapping, a noise shaping process
SBM
Gutenberg–Richter law and Omori's Law). The model is a simplification of the Burridge-Knopoff model, where the blocks move instantly to their balanced positions
Olami–Feder–Christensen_model
Prentice Hall, New Jersey. USGS - Geologic Hazards: Figure 1. Sliding block model used for Newmark analysis Sarma S. K. (1975), Seismic stability of earth
Newmark's_sliding_block
Chilean pornographic actress and model (born 1989)
Avilés (born July 30, 1989), better known as Nicole Block, is a Chilean pornographic actress, model, producer, and former mainstream actress. She began
Nicole_Block
Indian-American computer scientist
random events,[B] data quality,[C] and the stochastic block model for random graph community modeling.[D] She has also collaborated with Virginia Vassilevska
Barna_Saha
Business discipline
all building block types necessary to model a complete business architecture; and (5) must not be burdened with unnecessary building blocks types. The Zachman
Business_architecture
Graphical system analysis method
A block diagram is a diagram of a system in which the principal parts or functions are represented by blocks connected by lines that show the relationships
Block_diagram
Type of artificial neural network
restoration. The models of ResNet-50, ResNet-101, and ResNet-152 are all based on bottleneck blocks. The pre-activation residual block applies activation
Residual_neural_network
Electric compact crossover SUV
(April 11, 2016). "If Ford Did Not Block Trademark For Model E, Tesla Would Have Completed A Word After Model S, Model X". Tech Times. Archived from the
Tesla_Model_Y
Distinctive element in a subset of digital currency models
spent. In the UTXO model, each unit of currency is treated as a discrete object. The history of a UTXO is documented only within the blocks where it is transferred
Unspent_transaction_output
Algorithm for modelling sequential data
Translation, which replaced the previous model based on statistical machine translation. The new model was a seq2seq model where the encoder and the decoder
Transformer_(deep_learning)
Function type in graph theory
exchangeable random graph model is the k {\displaystyle k} community stochastic block model, a generalization of the Erdős–Rényi model. We can interpret this
Graphon
Firearm that holds one round of ammunition
lever for the falling block action, and came with an uncheckered stock. In 1985, Browning re-introduced the famous Winchester Model 1885 single-shot rifles
Single-shot
American sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors (GM)
would continue for all following model year Corvettes until 2014. In 1962, the Chevrolet 283 cu in (4.64 L) Small-Block was enlarged to 327 cu in (5.36 L)
Chevrolet_Corvette
Overview of and topical guide to machine learning
parsing Statistical semantics Stefano Soatto Stephen Wolfram Stochastic block model Stochastic cellular automaton Stochastic diffusion search Stochastic
Outline_of_machine_learning
Former American engine
phaseout marks the end of an era of Chevrolet small-block engine designs dating back to the 1955 model year. A new Generation V 4.3 L (262 cu in) V6 variant
Chevrolet_90°_V6_engine
Historic house in Iowa, United States
Initially the Sundays choose the Usonian Automatic, a natural concrete block model, for their home. When it provided unworkable, Wright sent the plans for
Robert_H._Sunday_House
Programming environment
programming environment for modeling, simulating and analyzing multidomain dynamical systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block diagramming tool and
Simulink
Personality model consisting of five broad dimensions
personality trait model or five-factor model (FFM), sometimes called by the mnemonic acronym OCEAN or CANOE, is a scientific model for measuring and describing
Big_Five_personality_traits
US service rifle from late 1800s
The Springfield Model 1873 was a trapdoor breechblock service rifle produced by the Springfield Armory for the United States military. It was the first
Springfield_model_1873
British manufacturer
the Model 102, developed from the Marston models of the 1930s. The Model 102 engines are fairly large and featured an integral engine cylinder block and
British_Seagull
Table used to physically connect phone lines
connector technology.[citation needed] The term 66 block reflects its Western Electric model number. 66 E blocks are available pre-assembled with an RJ-21 female
66_block
Motor vehicle
and 1967–68 Mustang. The big-block Corvettes were the only muscle cars produced after 1970 worthy of the list. The 1975 model was advertised as "a more efficient
Chevrolet_Corvette_(C3)
Series of passenger automobiles produced by Buick
(3,240 cm3) V6 introduced for the 1962 model year. The basic V8 option was a 300-cubic-inch, with cast-iron block, aluminum heads, and a Rochester 2-barrel
Buick_Skylark
Identification of nonlinear systems
defined by a model class: Volterra series models, Block-structured models, Neural network models, NARMAX models, and State-space models. There are four
Nonlinear system identification
Nonlinear_system_identification
American firearms manufacturer
would be used in Stevens' model 44 and the model 44½ rifles manufactured from 1903. In 1880, the company began making falling block rifles. These, though
Stevens_Arms
Hardware description and hardware verification language
general-purpose always block to model different types of hardware structures, each of SystemVerilog's new blocks is intended to model a specific type of hardware
SystemVerilog
Polish building block brand
also simply known as Cobi, is a Polish building block toy brand, known for producing brick-built models of cars and military vehicles. Although traditionally
Cobi_(building_blocks)
Motor vehicle
race-designed 429 cu in (7.0 L) semi-hemispherical head version of the big block 429 V8, offered in the car both to homologate the engine for NASCAR racing
Boss_429_Mustang
packages: CP for modeling continuous processes; DE which adds discrete event technology; and Pro which adds discrete rate and reliability block diagramming
ExtendSim
South Korean fighter aircraft
on a spiral development model, where the aircraft is introduced in a series of progressively more capable versions, or blocks. This modular approach allows
KAI_KF-21_Boramae
Programming abstraction
of thread blocks to operate in parallel and to use all available multiprocessors. CUDA is a parallel computing platform and programming model that higher
Thread block (CUDA programming)
Thread_block_(CUDA_programming)
Problem in network theory
and data mining. In statistics, generative random graph models such as stochastic block models propose an approach to generate links between nodes in a
Link_prediction
American model
Stegner. DiDonato began modeling for Victoria's Secret in August 2009 and appeared on her first magazine cover with The Block's October 2009 issue. Prior
Emily_DiDonato
Kind of cellular automaton
to physical simulation. As Toffoli and Margolus write, the block cellular automaton model does not introduce any additional power compared to a conventional
Block_cellular_automaton
Type of artificial intelligence system
model. Specifically, between select transformer blocks of the language model, Flamingo inserts these cross-attention-and-dense blocks. These blocks resemble
Vision-language_model
Series of lever action repeating rifles
rounds and had an all-new and considerably stronger locking-block action than the toggle-link Model 1876. It was designed by John Moses Browning, who had a
Winchester_rifle
Neighbourhood in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
The beauty of Model Town is that every block has its own small market for grocers and bakers. The Model Town Link Road connects Model Town with Faisal
Model_Town,_Lahore
Proposed fighter aircraft
concepts for the navalized F-16. The main proposal was the Model 1600, which was based on the Block 10 F-16, which featured structural strengthening, an arrestor
Vought_Model_1600
Term for several American rifles
Springfield Model 1870 – .50-70 caliber trapdoor rifle. Springfield Model 1870 Remington-Navy – .50-70 caliber rolling-block rifle. Springfield Model 1871 –
Springfield_rifle
BLOCK MODEL
BLOCK MODEL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Male
English
The Badger
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and North German
English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Boy/Male
German American English
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
BLOCK MODEL
BLOCK MODEL
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
The Obliterator of Infidelity
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Tamil
A small star, Starlet
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Gotham in Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English gÄt ‘goat’ + hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Girl/Female
Hawaiian
Mist; misty rain.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Forehead
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Servant of the Most Powerful
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Wish; Desire
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Good Ethics and Moral Values
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Little Prince
BLOCK MODEL
BLOCK MODEL
BLOCK MODEL
BLOCK MODEL
BLOCK MODEL
n.
To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
a.
Having black eyes.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
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.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
n.
The striking of a clock.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.