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noun Nautical.a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line. a groove in a spar or other timber, through which a rope can slide. Origin of dumb sheaveFirst recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby dumb sheavedumb down, dumbfound, dumbhead, dumbledore, dumbo, dumb sheave, dumbshit, dumb show, dumbstruck, dumbwaiter, dumdum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |