Found 3 items, similar to chock.
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Definition: chock
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: chock
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]
chock
v 1: secure with chocks
2: support on chocks;
“chock the boat”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chock
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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Chock
\Chock\, v. i.
To fill up, as a cavity.
“The woodwork . . . exactly
chocketh into joints.” --Fuller.
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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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Chock
\Chock\, adv. (Naut.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
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Chock
\Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf.
Shock, v. t.]
To encounter. [Obs.]
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Chock
\Chock\, n.
An encounter. [Obs.]
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