: a short timber between a block bolted to the ground ways and a similar block on one of the bilge ways to hold a ship while the keelblocks and shores are removed before launching.

What does it mean to be adorkable?

What does it mean? It's a blend of "adorable" and "dork". If you are socially inept in an endearing way, you're adorkable.

What does Deventer mean?

Deventer. / (ˈdeɪvəntə, Dutch ˈdeːvəntər) / noun. an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing.