The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
A call to, or the use of, a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
A power to attract or interest.
To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
To be attractive.
To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
A cellblock.
The popping crease.
A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
Solitary confinement.
A section of split logs used as fuel.
A blockhole.
A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
Something that prevents something from passing.
A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
The human head.
A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
A roughly cuboid building.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
To hit with a block.
To wait for some condition to become true.
To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
To play a block shot.
To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
To shape or sketch out roughly.
To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).