01 n. A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
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A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.(Naut.)
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A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
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A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
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A circular or oval opening for air or light.
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A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.
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Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.(Astron.)
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The center of a target.(Archery & Gun.)
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A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
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A small and thick old-fashioned watch.[Colloq.]
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something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; as, to score a bull's eye.