See Also: Complete Heart Block (heart block)(health)
block-out(medicine)
A-V block(medicine)
Block(medicine)
block(2)(dictionary)
block(1)(dictionary)
Jo block(dictionary)
Ivy block(health)
Block(finance)
Block(money)

vociferant (iou) and block(2) (iou)


vociferant (iou)



vociferant adjective & noun. E17.
[Latin vociferant- pres. ppl stem of vociferari: see VOCIFERATE, -ANT1.]
A. adjective. Vociferous. E17.
b. noun. A clamorous or noisy person. rare. L19.
vociferance noun (a) clamour or noise of shouting; (b) vociferousness: M19.

block(2) (iou)



block verb. LME.
[from the noun or from French bloquer, formed as BLOC.]
I. Obstruct, hinder.
verb trans. Obstruct, close, seal, or confine with obstacles; put obstacles in the way of, hinder the progress of, prevent. Freq. foll. by up, in, or off. LME.
W. Prynne Blocking vp their hearts against the Lord. E. K. Kane Our little harbor was completely blocked in by heavy masses [of ice]. T. Williams Mitch has started towards the bedroom. Stanley crosses to block him. G. Greene The passage was nearly blocked by dustbins. E. J. Howard Cressy had tried to talk to him, but he had courteously blocked conversation.
verb trans. spec. Blockade, besiege. L16.
verb trans. & intrans. Cricket. Stop (a ball) with the bat, with no attempt to score runs. L18.
verb trans. Obstruct or prevent (a physiological or mental function or effect, esp. the passage of nerve impulses); interrupt the action of (a nerve, organ, etc.). L19.
verb trans. Cards. Prevent (cards, esp. in a particular suit) from being played as winners. L19.
verb trans. & intrans. Amer. Football. Obstruct (an opponent) with the body, as a legal move. L19.
verb trans. Restrict the use or conversion of (currency or Other assets). M20.
II. In constructive senses.
verb intrans. Make a bargain or an exchange. Scot. L16.
verb trans. Shape, mould, or smooth on a block. L16.
b. Emboss or impress a design on (a book-cover) by means of a block. M19.
verb trans. Sketch or mark out or in roughly; lay out, plan. L16.
J. G. Lockhart The latter Cantos having..been merely blocked out when the first went to press. P. McGerr Wednesday Warren finished blocking the first act.
verb trans. Make into blocks; provide or support with blocks. M19.
blocked letters: designed so as to appear three-dimensional.
blockage noun a blocked(-up) state; an obstruction: L19.
blocking noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) railway signalling by the block system; (c) a wooden block; blocks collectively: L16.