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81put one's head on the block — (informal) To stick one s neck out, run the risk of censure, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑head * * * put (or lay) one s head (or neck) on the block informal put one s standing or reputation at risk by proceeding with a particular course of action… …
82on the auction block — see at block * * * on the auction block see ↑block, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑auction …
83King Block — Infobox nrhp name = King Block caption = location = 117 High St Barton, Vermont area = added = July 20, 2002 refnum=02000663 visitation num = visitation year = governing body = The King Block is a national historic site located at 117 High Street …
84chinese temple block — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a hollow slotted wooden box stuck with a drumstick or hammer adapted by jazz bands from the wooden fish used by Buddhist priests called also clog box, tap box * * * Chinese temple block noun A percussion… …
85nerve block — noun : an interruption of the passage of impulses through a nerve (as with pressure or narcotization); sometimes : block anesthesia * * * Med. an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection… …
86perched block — noun or perched rock : a perched boulder especially when notably angular * * * perched block noun A block of rock carried by a glacier and left perched high up, often in an unstable position, when the ice recedes • • • Main Entry: ↑perch …
87wrest block — noun : pin block * * * wrest block or wrest plank noun (in a piano, etc) the board fitted with the wrest pins • • • Main Entry: ↑wrest …
88barber's block — noun A round block on which wigs are made • • • Main Entry: ↑barber …
89clinker-block — clinkˈer block noun A block for building made from ash from furnaces • • • Main Entry: ↑clinker …
90jack-block — jackˈ block noun A block of pulleys used for raising and lowering topgallant masts • • • Main Entry: ↑jack …
