Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Block
block, n. [ME > Fr. bloc.]
- Neighborhood; immediate environs; portion of a road between intersections; [fig.] doorstop.
- Stone; cube; solid mass; material from which something is constructed.
- Guillotine; piece of wood for execution by beheading; [fig.] punishment; retribution for criminal activity.
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