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Definition of Blockings
1. blocking [n] - See also: blocking
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Literary usage of Blockings
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1. Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments by Addison, Mr Addison (1797)
"a'nd blockings, a cap, handkerchief, ruffles and apron, and a night gown of genteel
... blockings ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"Therefore, if we next knock out the blockings before undisturbed, the tower will
settle down on the replaced blockings as far as its weight can compress ..."
3. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"In order to join the column, glue two pieces together, and when quite dry, glue
in blockings to strengthen them ; join a third piece to the former two, ..."
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