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ˈblocking, vbl. n.
[f. block v. or n. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the vb. block.
1637[see block v. 7]. 1659in Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. 69 The besieging of Manheim, and the blocking of Frankendale. 1706Lond. Gaz. No. 4242/1 Orders..for the close blocking up of that Place. 1850‘Bat’ Cricket Manual 31 It was totally useless for blocking. 1864Times 13 Oct., Detained by the blocking up of the line. 1870Daily News 6 Sept. 5 The blocking of Bazaine at Metz.
attrib.1836New Sporting Mag. Oct. 360 Mr. Massey..in his anxiety to preserve his wicket, has carried the blocking system too far. 1867G. H. Selkirk Guide to Cricket-Ground vii. 120 Some men adopt what they call a blocking game, never hitting at a ball unless it is decidedly wide of the wicket. 1884Pall Mall G. 7 Apr. 3/1 Mr. Warton..has returned to his blocking habits.
b. Signalling by the ‘block system’ (see block n. 19 c). Also attrib., as blocking inspector.
1903Westm. Gaz. 26 Oct. 13/1 Blocking inspector between Eastwood and Bradford. 1908Tratman Railway Track (ed. 3) 266 In some cases a third position [of the semaphore arm] is introduced for permissive blocking. 1908W. G. Raymond Railroad Engin. 121 The foregoing description introduces no distant signals, and in early automatic blocking there were none. 1909H. R. Wilson Safety Brit. Railways 59 The signalman must give what is known as the blocking-back signal.
c. Bookbinding. The action of the verb (sense 8 c); also attrib., as blocking-machine, blocking-press, blocking-shop.
1846Dodd Brit. Manuf. VI. 103 This is..effected..by means of a small blocking-press. Ibid. 105 The punches or small devices..are fixed..to a metallic plate, and thus impressed on the book at one blow by a press. This is then called ‘blocking’. In the ‘blocking-shop’ are [etc.]. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 302/2 Blocking Machine... A blocking press is now, in consequence of the size of many of the blocks, a large and cumbersome machine.
d. Hat-making. The shaping of a hat on the block (see block n. 4 a); also attrib., as blocking-kettle, blocking-machine (hence blocking-machinist).
1845Dodd Brit. Manuf. V. 170 The shaping of hats, from the first rough ‘blocking’ to the production of a flat and smooth-edged brim. a1877Knight Dict. Mech., Blocking-kettle, a hot bath in which hats are softened in the process of manufacture, so as to be drawn over blocks. a1884Ibid. Suppl., Blocking machine, a machine in which the crude cone-shaped hat-body is brought to shape. 1921Dict. Occupational Terms (1927) §409 Blocking machinist: (i) (felt hats) pulls felt hood by hand on to block [etc.]; (ii) (straw hats) presses hat.. in a gas-heated machine [etc.].
e. Boot-making. (See quot. a 1877.)
a1877Knight Dict. Mech., Blocking,..the process of bending leather for boot-fronts to the required shapes. 1889G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 67 A visitor to a shoe factory to-day will see the following machines..for blocking.
f. Psychol. The inhibition of a train of thought or association, etc.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 527 We shall study anon the blocking and its release. Our higher thought is full of it. 1930Psychol. Abstr. IV. 120/2 Concerning the question of associative blockings. 1943Mind LII. 364 Köhler believes that there may be ‘blocking’ processes of an electro-chemical character.
g. Amer. Football: see block v. 4 e.
1891W. Camp Amer. Football 50 When a drop is to be attempted, the blocking on both sides must be close and long. 1957Encycl. Brit. IX. 479/1 Coaches met this situation by drilling their players in two sets of blocking assignments, one for the five-man line and one for the six-man defense. 1970Washington Post 30 Sept. d4/8 Blocking has been the hardest thing for the kids to learn,..and the offensive line play is usually the last thing that comes around.
h. Theatr. The action of the verb (sense 9 b).
1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Bus. Jargon 9 Blocking, the act of planning the stage action of a play. 1967P. McGerr Murder is Absurd vii. 92 On Friday the blocking was completed and Mark was beginning to feel secure in his movements and the handling of his props.
2. The product of this action; the thing blocked.
1585James I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 21, I haue put in, the French on the one side of the leif, and my blocking on the other. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xvii. (1856) 130 The square blocking of the rugged precipices.
3. Carpentry, etc. (see quots. and cf. block v. 11.)
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 192 With blockings glued in the internal angles. 1876Gwilt Encycl. Archit., Gloss., Blockings, small pieces of wood fitted in and glued to the interior angle of two boards or other pieces, for the purpose of giving additional strength to the joint. 1883Harper's Mag. 937/2 The blocking is knocked away.
4. blocking-course or blocking: ‘the plain course of stone which surmounts the cornice at the top of a Greek or Roman building: also a course of stone or brick forming a projecting line without mouldings at the base of a building.’ Gloss. Goth. Archit. 1845.
1760Raper in Phil. Trans. LI. 815 The height of the blocking was probably intended for 2 Roman feet. 1859Encycl. Brit. III. 508 Blocking course, a deep but slightly projecting course in an elevation, to act as cornice to an arcade, or to separate a basement from a superior story.
5. Blocks collectively.
1901Daily Chron. 3 Sept. 7/4 Karri blocking. |