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BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 72 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ") , a piece of
wood
 . The word is used in various senses, e.g. the
block
  upon which people were beheaded, the
block
  or mould upon which a hat is shaped, a
pulley
 -block, a printing-block, &c. From the sense of a solid mass comes the expression, a "block " of houses, i.e. a rectangular space covered with houses and bounded by four streets. From the sense of "obstruction" comes a "block" in
traffic
 , a block in any proceedings, and the block system of signalling on railways.


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