Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a small swivel-block used as a leader for running rigging.
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Examples
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[Footnote 69: A monkey-block, perhaps.] _Remains in the Gunners Care.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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