These are the meanings of the letters ABLOCK when you unscramble them.
- Black (a.)
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
- Black (a.)
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
- Black (a.)
Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
- Black (a.)
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
- Black (a.)
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
- Black (a.)
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
- Black (adv.)
Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
- Black (n.)
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
- Black (n.)
A black pigment or dye.
- 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.
- Black (n.)
A stain; a spot; a smooch.
- Black (n.)
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
- Black (n.)
That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
- Black (n.)
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
- 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.
- Cloak (n.)
A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
- Cloak (n.)
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
- Cloak (v. t.)
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.