1. To block up; to inter-pose obstacles; to render impassable; to fill with harriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. U. S. v. williams, 28 Fed. Cas. 633; Chase v. Oshkosh, 81 wis. 313, 51 N. W. 560, 15 L. R. A. 553, 29 Am. St. Rep. 898; overhouser v. American Cereal Co., 118 Iowa, 417, 92 N. W. 74; Gorham v. withey, 52 Mich. 50,17 N. W. 272