Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a railroad switch, the timber on which the switch-stand and the ends of the switch-rails rest.
- noun The pivoted casting at the top of the mast of a derrick, to which the guy-ropes, tackle-blocks, etc., are fastened.
- noun The log placed under the front end of the skids in a skidway, to raise them to the desired height.
- noun In a saw-mill, the device which supports or holds the log and carries it to the saw; specifically, the forward carriage, on which the head of the log rests.
- noun A block of wood placed under the upper ring of the fifth wheel of a carriage, and connected with the spring and the perches.
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Examples
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Having firmly screwed the oval neck-block to the prop, or head-block, in such a manner that the top of the oval does not come above nor interfere with the modelling of the back of the head, fill the inside of the ears with putty, and also make up the back of the head and neck, with peat and plaster of Paris between the wood and the skull.
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The head-block of Fig 26 being cut off along the dotted line D, it of course stands to reason that if the neck-board (Fig. 27) is screwed on to it along its centre, the head, if the board is placed against a wall, will now look downwards at the angle determined by the cutting of D.
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In fact, so depressed was Captain Scraggs that he lacked absolutely the ambition to "rag" his associates; observing which Mr. McGuffey vouchsafed the opinion that perhaps Scraggsy was "teched a mite in his head-block."
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918
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