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Definitions for: Chock [n] a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
[adv] as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
[v] support on chocks, as of boats, for example
[v] secure with chocks
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Chock, v. i.
To fill up, as a cavity. ``The woodwork . . . exactly
chocketh into joints.'' --Fuller.
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.
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.
Chock, adv. (Naut.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
Chock, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
To encounter. [Obs.]
Chock, n.
An encounter. [Obs.]
Synonyms: chock-a-block, wedge
See Also: block, fasten, fix, hold, hold up, secure, sprag, support, sustain
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