Chock

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chock \Chock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Chocking}.]
     To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as,
     to chock a wheel or cask.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chock \Chock\, v. i.
     To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh
     into joints." --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chock \Chock\, n.
     1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is
        desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other
        body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space
        around or beneath it.
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     2. (Naut.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the
        gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward,
        between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing,
        mooring, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chock \Chock\, adv. (Naut.)
     Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chock \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
     To encounter. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chock \Chock\, n.
     An encounter. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chock
       n : a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a
           heavy object [syn: {wedge}]
       adv : as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full" [syn:
              {chock-a-block}]
       v 1: secure with chocks
       2: support on chocks; "chock the boat"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "chock":
     arrest, bar, barricade, bearing rein, bit, block, block up,
     blockade, bolt, brake, brim, chain, charge, check, checkrein,
     choke, choke off, clog, close, close off, close tight, close up,
     congest, constrict, countercheck, cram, crowd, curb, curb bit,
     damper, debar, dog, doorstop, drag, drag sail, drift anchor,
     drift sail, drogue, fetter, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up,
     freight, holdback, jam, jam-pack, lade, load, lock, martingale,
     obstruct, occlude, overfill, pack, pad, pelham, ram in, remora,
     satiate, saturate, scotch, sea anchor, shackle, shut off, shut out,
     shut tight, snaffle, spoke, squeeze, squeeze shut, stay, stifle,
     stop, stop up, strangle, strangulate, stuff, suffocate,
     supercharge, surfeit, top off, trammel, wad, weight