Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A block of wood split from a larger piece, and of a size adapted to and designed for fashioning into a pin.
- noun Same as
wrest-block .
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Examples
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Nancy Mittens (# 52) -- I've had mine for about 20 years now, and this past summer took my heart in my hands and tore it down and rebuilt it, because the pin-block (the end where the strings are anchored) finally succumed to the Physics Of Tension and started to rotate out as the glue was failng.
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The first pin-block projected its third pin as the first word came traveling along the race-way; second block did the same; but the third block projected its second pin!
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872
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The first pin-block projected its third pin as the first word came traveling along the race-way; second block did the same; but the third block projected its second pin!
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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