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blocky, a.|ˈblɒkɪ|
[f. block n. + -y1.]
1. Of the nature of or resembling a block, esp.
a. Of a person or animal: of solid build, stocky.
b. Defining a commercial grade of shellac.
1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Blocky.., short and stout. 1895Daily News 4 Sept. 7/5 Shellac... Ordinary to good second orange cakey and blocky 115s. to 119s. 1900Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 7/3 A most shapely beast [sc. a heifer],..being grandly filled up, and of a most blocky type throughout. 1904N.Y. Tribune 15 May, A blocky pair of forty-seven inch ponies. 1958Times 1 July ii/5 The level blocky beef animal, which delighted the farmer's eye in the past. 1968H. Harmar Chihuahua Guide 232 Blocky,..used to describe a head which is cube-shaped, as in the Boston Terrier.
2. Photogr. Having the appearance of being printed in blocks, from an unequal distribution of light and shade.
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