See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " See also:

• BAULK, or BALK (a word common to Teutonic languages, meaning a ridge, partition, or beam)

baulk ")  , a piece of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood . The word is used in various senses, e.g. the See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block upon which See also:

• PEOPLE

people were beheaded, the block or See also:

• MOULD

mould upon which a See also:

• HAT

hat is shaped, a See also:

• PULLEY

pulley-block, a See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-block, &c . From the sense of a solid See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

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 See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic, a block in any proceedings, and the block See also:

• SYSTEM

system of signalling on See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways .