Chock
Pronunciation : Chock
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
t. [imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Chock
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Chock
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Chock
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
(Naut.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Chock
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: To encounter. [Obs.]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Chock
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An encounter. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913