These are the meanings of the letters BECOLK when you unscramble them.
- Block (n.)
To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
- Block (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.
- Block (n.)
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
- Block (v. t.)
A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
- Block (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.
- Block (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.
- Block (v. t.)
A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
- Block (v. t.)
A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.
- Block (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.
- Block (v. t.)
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
- Block (v. t.)
A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
- Block (v. t.)
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
- Block (v. t.)
The pattern or shape of a hat.
- Block (v. t.)
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- Block (v. t.)
The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
- Block (v. t.)
The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- bloke (unknown)
Sorry. I don't have the meaning of this word.
- Coble (n.)
A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.