head blockn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛd blɒk/, U.S.

/ˈhɛd ˌblɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, block n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + block n.

†a. With reference to the Halifax Gibbet: the heavy block of wood into which the blade is fixed. Cf. Halifax Gibbet n. at gibbet n.¹ 1c. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading > guillotining > guillotine > part of

head block1577

slider1795

lunette1859

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. vi. f. 108/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I When the offendour..hath layde his neck ouer the neathermost blocke,..y^e head blocke wherin the axe is fastened doth fall downe.

b. With reference to execution by beheading: the block of wood on which the condemned person's head is laid for decapitation. Now historical and rare.Usually referred to simply as the block (cf. block n. 5a).

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading > block

heading blockc1480

block1541

stock1639

head block1873

1873 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 26 Oct. A few interesting dents on the head block whereon three English lords saw the last of their cranial terminations.

1895 W. L. Pickard in J. F. Love Southern Baptist Pulpit xxi. 232 Crucifixion was punishment in comparison with which the head-block, the French guillotine, the gallows, and electrocution are as downy pillows.

1940 E. Bodin Scare Me! i. 4 The Countess of Salisbury..ran screaming about the head block, pursued by the headsman who kept striking at her with his ax.

†2. A large block of wood placed in a fire in order to keep it going at night; = head-brand n. at head n.¹ Compounds 4. Obsolete. rare.

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1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 439 These Netherlands being like the head-block in the chimney, where the fire of warre is alwayes kept in (though out every where else).

3. In a sawmill: a support which holds the log on the carriage while it is being sawn.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > parts of saw-mill equipment

strake-shide1536

side strake1810

head block1811

muley1846

muley saw1852

saw pit1876

canter1889

1811 J. Walker Let. 10 Sept. in T. Jefferson Papers (2007) Retirement Ser. IV. 144 2..Headblocks—oak [for a sawmill].

1878 Sci. Amer. 11 May 291/1 An improved head block..for saw mills.

1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 57 Head-blocks on a carriage vary in number from two to five, three being used on a carriage of average length.

1999 Forestry & Brit. Timber (Nexis) July 45 The new CFI offers the possibility of centring logs through the independent headblocks.

4. Carriage-building. A part of the frame, usually a block of wood, which connects the fifth wheel with the front of the carriage body. Also attributive in head block plate. Now chiefly historical.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > coupling

shackle1343

wain-shackle1559

head block1851

wagon-coupling1875

thill-coupling1877

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1458/1 The running gears present a display of carving. The head-block and tenon of the perch form the American eagle.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1085/1 Head block..(Vehicles). A piece of wood attached below to the upper ring of the fifth wheel and above to the front spring, also having the front end of the perch mortised through its middle.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 450/1 Head Block Plate (Carriage), an iron resting on the fore-axle and supporting the head block.

1914 Carriage Monthly Mar. 34/2 The..depth of head block, fifth wheel, axle bed and axle are marked directly on the draft.

2004 T. A. Kinney Carriage Trade iii. 94 Woodworkers..finished up head blocks, spring bars, and other carved parts prior to assembly.

5. In the logging industry: a log placed under the front end of the skids (skid n. 2d) in a skidway so as to raise them. Now rare.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > stand for logs ready for loading > part of

head block1881

1881 Amer. Agriculturalist Dec. 525/1 A couple of small pine trees..are placed four or five feet apart.., with the butts resting on a head-block large enough to raise them two feet from the ground.

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 39 Head block, the log placed under the front end of the skids in a skidway to raise them to the desired height.

1985 R. Pope Me 'n' Len vii. 103/2 At the front end of each of your long skids on the top side, roughly over your headblock, you'd cut a notch, and across these notches you'd put a maple pole.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head block
释义	head blockn. Brit. /ˈhɛd blɒk/, U.S. /ˈhɛd ˌblɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, block n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + block n. 1. †a. With reference to the Halifax Gibbet: the heavy block of wood into which the blade is fixed. Cf. Halifax Gibbet n. at gibbet n.¹ 1c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading > guillotining > guillotine > part of head block1577 slider1795 lunette1859 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. vi. f. 108/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I When the offendour..hath layde his neck ouer the neathermost blocke,..y^e head blocke wherin the axe is fastened doth fall downe. b. With reference to execution by beheading: the block of wood on which the condemned person's head is laid for decapitation. Now historical and rare.Usually referred to simply as the block (cf. block n. 5a). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading > block heading blockc1480 block1541 stock1639 head block1873 1873 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 26 Oct. A few interesting dents on the head block whereon three English lords saw the last of their cranial terminations. 1895 W. L. Pickard in J. F. Love Southern Baptist Pulpit xxi. 232 Crucifixion was punishment in comparison with which the head-block, the French guillotine, the gallows, and electrocution are as downy pillows. 1940 E. Bodin Scare Me! i. 4 The Countess of Salisbury..ran screaming about the head block, pursued by the headsman who kept striking at her with his ax. †2. A large block of wood placed in a fire in order to keep it going at night; = head-brand n. at head n.¹ Compounds 4. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 439 These Netherlands being like the head-block in the chimney, where the fire of warre is alwayes kept in (though out every where else). 3. In a sawmill: a support which holds the log on the carriage while it is being sawn. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > parts of saw-mill equipment strake-shide1536 side strake1810 head block1811 muley1846 muley saw1852 saw pit1876 canter1889 1811 J. Walker Let. 10 Sept. in T. Jefferson Papers (2007) Retirement Ser. IV. 144 2..Headblocks—oak [for a sawmill]. 1878 Sci. Amer. 11 May 291/1 An improved head block..for saw mills. 1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 57 Head-blocks on a carriage vary in number from two to five, three being used on a carriage of average length. 1999 Forestry & Brit. Timber (Nexis) July 45 The new CFI offers the possibility of centring logs through the independent headblocks. 4. Carriage-building. A part of the frame, usually a block of wood, which connects the fifth wheel with the front of the carriage body. Also attributive in head block plate. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > coupling shackle1343 wain-shackle1559 head block1851 wagon-coupling1875 thill-coupling1877 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1458/1 The running gears present a display of carving. The head-block and tenon of the perch form the American eagle. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1085/1 Head block..(Vehicles). A piece of wood attached below to the upper ring of the fifth wheel and above to the front spring, also having the front end of the perch mortised through its middle. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 450/1 Head Block Plate (Carriage), an iron resting on the fore-axle and supporting the head block. 1914 Carriage Monthly Mar. 34/2 The..depth of head block, fifth wheel, axle bed and axle are marked directly on the draft. 2004 T. A. Kinney Carriage Trade iii. 94 Woodworkers..finished up head blocks, spring bars, and other carved parts prior to assembly. 5. In the logging industry: a log placed under the front end of the skids (skid n. 2d) in a skidway so as to raise them. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > stand for logs ready for loading > part of head block1881 1881 Amer. Agriculturalist Dec. 525/1 A couple of small pine trees..are placed four or five feet apart.., with the butts resting on a head-block large enough to raise them two feet from the ground. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 39 Head block, the log placed under the front end of the skids in a skidway to raise them to the desired height. 1985 R. Pope Me 'n' Len vii. 103/2 At the front end of each of your long skids on the top side, roughly over your headblock, you'd cut a notch, and across these notches you'd put a maple pole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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