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Type of signal box in railway signalling
A block post in railway signalling is the signal box at one end of a block section. In Germany, block posts are known as Blockstellen (abbreviation: Bk)
Block_post
American golfer and club professional (born 1976)
April 3, 2024. "Parkway Central High grad Michael Block has epic run in PGA Championship". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 22, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023
Michael_Block
Category of metallic elements
such as post-transition metals, poor metals, other metals, p-block metals, basic metals, and chemically weak metals. The most common name, post-transition
Post-transition_metal
American daily newspaper
communist spy Donald Maclean. The Post is credited with coining the term "McCarthyism" in a 1950 editorial cartoon by Herbert Block. Depicting buckets of tar
The_Washington_Post
Plurality voting system
spreading throughout the British Empire, usually in conjunction with plurality block voting. Throughout the 20th century, the former British colonies of Australia
First-past-the-post_voting
Railway signaling system
broken up into a series of sections or "blocks". Only one train may occupy a block at a time, and the blocks are sized to allow a train to stop within
Signalling_block_system
Railroad communications system
Automatic block signaling (ABS), spelled automatic block signalling or called track circuit block (TCB) in the UK, is a railroad communications system
Automatic_block_signaling
United States historic place
The Old Post Office Block is a historic commercial building at 54-72 Hanover Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Built in 1876, it is a local landmark
Old_Post_Office_Block
British railway signalling scheme
Absolute block signalling is a British signalling block system designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy
Absolute_block_signalling
Neuropsychological symptom
[citation needed] The main causes of thought blocking are schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, petit mal seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder, bradyphrenia
Thought_blocking
(472/145) Highest block percentage, post-season career (Block %, an estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player
List of NBA postseason records
List_of_NBA_postseason_records
Principle of signals used to control railway traffic
series of requirements on matters such as the implementation of interlocked block signalling and other safety measures as a direct result of the Armagh rail
Railway_signalling
Set of adjacent groups
by Charles Janet. Each block is named after its characteristic orbital: s-block, p-block, d-block, f-block and g-block. The block names (s, p, d, and f)
Block_(periodic_table)
American racing driver (born 2006)
Lia Block (born October 1, 2006) is an American racing driver who currently competes in the American Rally Association for Block House Racing driving a
Lia_Block
Graphical representation of a computer program or algorithm
P and P post-dominates N. Every block from which the exit block is reachable has a unique immediate post-dominator except for the exit block, which has
Control-flow_graph
Any feature on a railway where an operation can take place
terminate, but which has no sets of points in the vicinity. Bk – Blockstelle (block post), a signal box outside station limits, where there is a long distance
Railway station types in Germany
Railway_station_types_in_Germany
American financial services company
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. Founded in 2009 by
Block,_Inc.
American media holding company
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Toledo Blade (where Block eventually settled the company upon its purchase in 1927). After Block's death in 1941,
Block_Communications
Device to stop trains at end of track
A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section
Buffer_stop
Method of controlling single line railways
system used separable train staffs which fit together when intermediate block posts are closed, so that a driver receives the train staff for two or more
Token_(railway_signalling)
Railway signalling system
Radio Electronic Token Block is a system of railway signalling used in the United Kingdom. It is a development of the physical token system for controlling
Radio_Electronic_Token_Block
Type of railway signalling system
In railway signalling, a moving block is a signalling block system under which the "blocks", or safe zones around trains, are defined in real time by computers
Moving_block
American tax preparation company
H&R Block, Inc., or H&R Block, is an American tax preparation company operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The company was founded in
H&R_Block
Advertising rep and publisher (1875–1941)
Block (November 2, 1875 – June 22, 1941) was president of Paul Block and Associates (later Block Communications) and publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Paul_Block
Type of personalized block
the bottom of an email message, Usenet article, or forum post. An email signature is a block of text appended to the end of an email message often containing
Signature_block
Geologic formation in Australia
Musgrave Block post-1080 Ma. These include the Proterozoic Amadeus and Officer Basins. The most illustrating way of considering the Musgrave Block is as
Musgrave_Block
if the signal aspect is indeed Expect 35. A block signal can show any of the following three aspects: Block signals are being replaced by combinations
Finnish_railway_signalling
Defensive action preventing a score
In basketball, a block or blocked shot occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player to prevent a score
Block_(basketball)
Event in the War in Donbas
discovered a block post, which wasn't previously known. On July 19, units of the 95th brigade went on the offensive, destroying the block post and advancing
Raid_of_the_95th_Brigade
American politician (born 1997)
November 2022, he assumed office on January 1, 2023. Block is the founder and editor of The Piñon Post, a conservative news and political commentary online
John Block (New Mexico politician)
John_Block_(New_Mexico_politician)
Deliberate inhibition of nerve impulses
pain relief. Local anesthetic nerve block (sometimes referred to as simply "nerve block") is a short-term block, usually lasting hours or days, involving
Nerve_block
Railway signaling in North America
that train to pass that Block-Limit as though it displayed a "clear-block". A clear block is a condition where a particular block or predetermined length
North American railroad signaling
North_American_railroad_signaling
Form of fixed railway signal
vertical (arm hidden within the post) meant "clear". The vertical indication gradually came to be discontinued as the absolute block system superseded time-interval
Railway_semaphore_signal
American decentralized police accountability project
of public property. The event passed largely unnoticed. In 2011, Cop Block posted a video to their website, alleging that a Manchester, New Hampshire police
Cop_Block
Standard-sized block used in construction
A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, or concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various
Concrete_block
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
Type of vault in artistic gymnastics
momentum. Post flight time is determined by the vertical velocity of the gymnast as they leave the block and the center of motion moves upward. The post flight
Yurchenko_vault_family
American multi-role fighter aircraft
new F-16 Block 70/72 was Bahrain. Greece announced the upgrade of 84 F-16C/D Block 52+ and Block 52+ Advanced (Block 52M) to the latest V (Block 70/72)
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
Railway cab signaling technology used on high-speed rail
indication that the block is occupied. Signalling block boundaries are equipped with electrical separation joints that prevent adjacent blocks from interfering
Transmission_voie-machine
Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
Block is an unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee. Its post office is closed. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information
Block,_Tennessee
guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country. This page does not
List of websites blocked in mainland China
List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China
"too long; didn't read"; Internet comment
introduce a summary of an online post or news article. It is also used as an informal interjection, commenting that a block of text has been ignored due to
TL;DR
Type of paralyzing anesthetic including lepto- and pachycurares
accomplished via their action on the post-synaptic acetylcholine (Nm) receptors. In clinical use, neuromuscular block is used adjunctively to anesthesia
Neuromuscular-blocking_drug
Long-range, subsonic cruise missile
Canada: The Post-Cold War Debate". Schlueter, Jim (9 March 1993). "McDonnell Douglas delivers its first Tomahawk cruise missile with Block III improvements"
Tomahawk_missile
non-automatic block system trains cannot leave a station without an appropriate token, even if the starting signal is clear. Home, starting and block signals
Japanese_railway_signals
into seven blocks & one auditorium: Main Block Science Block Faisal Block Johar Block Jinnah Block Post-Graduate Block Administration Block Alimuddin Auditorium
Government College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi
Government_College_Asghar_Mall_Rawalpindi
American journalist
site's creator Peter Rojas as editor-in-chief in 2007. In July 2008 Block posted on Engadget that he would be stepping down as editor-in-chief to create
Ryan_Block
light signals (green and red). This signal use when Main Home signal is blocked from driver view (in curve or hills). The signal consists of 3 white signals
Thai_railway_signalling
Railway station in Victoria, Australia
platform (Platform 2). By 1879, the station had a signal box and was a block post, using the telegraph instruments, with Winter's instruments provided by
Riddells Creek railway station
Riddells_Creek_railway_station
Unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada
Scotch Block is an unincorporated community in Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. Settlers arrived in the early 1800s, and Scotch Block encompassed approximately
Scotch_Block,_Ontario
an administrative building namely North Block, South Block, West Block, I Block, Post graduate Flats and the Cafe. In 2018, Milner Hall was renamed Freedom
Freedom_Hall_(UWI)
Rail automation products company
business divisional centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada The original moving block signaling system for rapid transit was introduced by Urban Transportation
Thales Rail Signalling Solutions
Thales_Rail_Signalling_Solutions
Electrical device used to detect the presence of trains on rail tracks
circuit is an electrical device used to prove the absence of a train on a block of rail tracks to control railway signals. An alternative to track circuits
Track_circuit
American singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Priscilla Ann Block (born August 11, 1995) is an American country music singer–songwriter. After graduating high school, she moved to Nashville to pursue
Priscilla_Block
Absolute signals are usually connected to an interlocking controlled by a block operator or train dispatcher. Their most restrictive aspect is "stop" and
North American railroad signals
North_American_railroad_signals
Railway track status technology
transmitted to the train from the block limit in front of it. This way if the rail was broken or another train entered the block, any codes would not reach the
Pulse_code_cab_signaling
16 injured. In 2016, Facebook revealed Germany had blocked 84 posts from its citizens. These posts contained themes of Holocaust denial, which is illegal
Censorship_of_Facebook
Italian railway gadgets
telegraph in the 1840s allowed then for the introduction of the telegraphic block system. Disc signals, probably of French origin, first, and then semaphore
Italian_railway_signalling
Historic district in Downtown Los Angeles
Doria Deighton-Jones, demolished in the 1920s to create the City Hall block. Post-1890 numbering 171–179 and 201 N. Spring St., Tenants included: Los Angeles
Spring_Street_(Los_Angeles)
Non-proportional electoral system
Plurality block, also called as multiple non-transferable vote, and block plurality voting, is a type of block voting method for multi-winner elections
Plurality_block_voting
United States historic place
site of a previous block which had been destroyed by fire. The Gothic Revival building has had a variety of tenants, including the post office, a district
Eddy_Block
signalling, which thereafter simplified the installation of the automatic block signalling. Light signals used three basic colors: red (stop), yellow (to
French_railway_signalling
Class of train protection systems for railways
block, the type 1 telegram is received, and the train identifies the moment as the edge of a block. The time delay between the train enters the block
Automatic_train_control
Artistic, cultural, and theoretical movement
thereabouts) when the infamous Pruitt–Igoe scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grâce by dynamite."). Jencks makes the point
Postmodernism
18th-century house in South Carolina, US
John P. (March 27, 2004). "Meeting Street mansion heads to auction block". Post and Courier. p. A1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Wiliams
Col._John_Ashe_House
Railway safeworking operations
control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and
Signalling_control
American actor (1928–1972)
Bonanza. Blocker was born on December 10, 1928, in De Kalb, Texas to Ora "Shack" Blocker and Mary Arizona (Davis) Blocker. As a boy, Blocker attended
Dan_Blocker
American conservative newspaper
The New York Post (NY Post), founded as the New York Evening Post (originally New-York Evening Post), is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper
New_York_Post
American company (1881–2009)
Sewing Machine) to make M1911A1 pistols during World War II. The production blocks assigned to them in 1943 were between SN's 1,041,405 to 1,096,404. Colt
Union_Switch_&_Signal
Railway station in Anglesey, Wales
crossing keeper – the Grade II listed box was formerly a block post, but no longer works as such (the block section now runs from Gaerwen to Valley). The station
Tŷ_Croes_railway_station
2021 American TV series or program
Bargain Block was a reality television show on HGTV following couple Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas as they buy, renovate, and design houses in Detroit.
Bargain_Block
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)
Form of homeostatic plasticity
place when post-synaptic firing and NMDA receptors are blocked simultaneously via pharmaceutical manipulations using APV and TTX to block post-synaptic
Synaptic_scaling
Railway station in Melbourne, Australia
as a double line block post with a signal box for the control of trains, in the section from Footscray to Yarraville. The block post closed in 1912, but
Seddon_railway_station
Israeli-American Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer
"Israeli Block grabs muaythai bronze". The Jerusalem Post. Allon Sinai (July 30, 2017). "Medals piling up for blue-and-white". The Jerusalem Post. "Israeli
Nili_Block
1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in the emergence of 15 post-Soviet states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan
List of conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union
List_of_conflicts_in_territory_of_the_former_Soviet_Union
Fighter jet
Force inventory, the F-16 C/D Post Block Integration Team (PoBIT) modernization program is equivalent. The F-16V (Block 70/72) began as Lockheed Martin’s
Lockheed_Martin_F-16V_Viper
Visual signal device for railway engineers
the following: That the line ahead is clear (free of any obstruction) or blocked That the driver has permission to proceed That points (also called switch
Railway_signal
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
Spambot for forums and comment sections
proxies in an attempt to make it more difficult for administrators to block posts by source IP, and features a proxy checking tool to verify the integrity
XRumer
Type of block voting
The general ticket or party block voting (PBV), is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party or a team of candidates, and the highest-polling
General_ticket
residential blocks, the block number is included in the postal code. e.g. Blk 145 Lorong 2 Toa Payoh Singapore 310145 HDB residential blocks with the same
Postal_codes_in_Singapore
Piston engine with eight cylinders in V-configuration
to reduce their space requirements. The classification of 'big-block' or 'small-block' refers to the engine's external dimensions and does not necessarily
V8_engine
Mental disorder associated with trauma
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic_stress_disorder
School of economic thought
Post-Keynesian economics is a school of economic thought with its origins in The General Theory of John Maynard Keynes, with subsequent development influenced
Post-Keynesian_economics
Neighbourhood in Dhanbad in Jharkhand, India
and road is undertaken by Bhuli Town Administration, situated near A-Block Post Office. Bhuli township was constructed in 1951 by The Coal Mines Welfare
Bhuli,_India
Train protection system
include balise, track circuit, radio communication network (GSM-R), and Radio Block Center (RBC). The onboard subsystem includes onboard computer and communication
Chinese_Train_Control_System
Academy in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013. "New Maths Block, Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design" (PDF). April 2013.
The_Cotswold_School
Traffic control on Polish railways
(see below). Automatic signals are used on lines equipped with automatic block signaling. Their colour language is the same as aspects S1-S5 of semi-automatic
Polish_railway_signalling
Railway station in Indonesia
District, Prabumulih, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The station served as a block post, and it is located at a railway junction where the line from Tanjung Karang
Prabumulih Baru X5 railway station
Prabumulih_Baru_X5_railway_station
E.J. Block Athletic Field East Chicago
East Chicago Post 369 American Legion summer baseball team. Block Stadium was dedicated on Memorial Day 1942 and financed by the Block family (owners
E._J._Block_Athletic_Field
Cryptography algorithm
In cryptography, a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or authenticity
Block cipher mode of operation
Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
Internet censorship based upon geographical location
Geo-blocking, geoblocking or geolocking is technology that restricts access to Internet content based upon the user's geographical location. In a geo-blocking
Geo-blocking
Narrow-gauge children's railway in Chemnitz, Germany
2.3 kilometres long and has one station, two stops, one depot and one block post. Until 1990 it was operated as a Pioniereisenbahn. The Parkeisenbahn has
Parkeisenbahn_Chemnitz
Railway station in Tywyn, UK
and can accommodate ten of the railway's bogie carriages. A covered block-post was built at the same time, which controls the points in the yard, contains
Pendre_railway_station
Former rail facility in County Kildare, Ireland
side, was closed by CIÉ in November 1947, but it remained a signalling block post. The signal cabin at Straffan was closed however in 1976, after which
Straffan_railway_station
shape of the keel; peculiarities of stern post and rudder; information for height and angle of possible bilge blocks; shape and location of other keels, docking
Keel_block
American television programming block
[adult swim] and [as]) is an American adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and
Adult_Swim
Formation of nonviable progeny after hybridization of flowering plants
supporting embryo growth. Triploid block typically happens when autopolyploidy occurs in diploid plants as a form of post-zygotic incompatibility and is hypothesized
Triploid_block
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
state-level significance are: Block A Blocks B, C, and E Block D Block F Block G Courtyards and landscape features Block A is a one-storey, slab-on-ground
Redcliffe State High School buildings
Redcliffe_State_High_School_buildings
BLOCK POST
BLOCK POST
Boy/Male
German American English
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
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
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.
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.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
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’.
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
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.
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.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
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.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Male
English
The Badger
BLOCK POST
BLOCK POST
Biblical
rising of light (descendants)
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Greek, Shakespearean
Gold; Heroine of a Tale that has been Told by Shakespeare
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian
God of Shanti
Boy/Male
Indian
Silence; Pure; Pure: Lord Subramanya Swamy
Girl/Female
Biblical American Hebrew
Peaceable; perfect; she that rewards.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Biblical
one that takes, or possesses
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Lord of the world, Vishnu
Boy/Male
Arabic, Spanish
Respect Giver
Girl/Female
Greek American
Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.
BLOCK POST
BLOCK POST
BLOCK POST
BLOCK POST
BLOCK POST
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
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.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
a.
Having black eyes.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
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.
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
n.
The striking of a clock.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
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.