block printing (blok printing)

1. The act, proce , or art of printing from blocks of wood on which the letters or characters have been carved in relief; specifically, the Chinese method of printing books, and that employed to some extent in Europe before the invention of movable types. See block - book.- 2. The proce of impre ing patterns on textile fabrics, especially calicos, by means of wooden blocks having the pattern cut in relief on their surface and charged with color. A similar method is frequently used in printing paper-hangings. block-ship (blok's hip), n. 1. A ship used to block the entrance to a harbor or port.-2. An old man-of-war, unfit for operations in the open sea, used as a store-ship or receiving-ve el, etc.; a hulk. block-tin (blok'tin), n. [ block-trail (blok'tral), n. The solid trail of a gun-carriage. The stock is made either of a single piece of timber or of two longitudinal pieces properly secured together. [Eng.]