Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..
Chock :: Chock (v. i.) To fill up, as a cavity..
Chock :: Chock (n.) 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..
Chock :: Chock (n.) 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 :: Chock (adv.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft..
Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To encounter.
Chock :: Chock (n.) An encounter.
Chock-full :: Chock-full (a.) Quite full; choke-full.
Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..
Chocked :: Chocked (imp. & p. p.) of Choc.
Chocking :: Chocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choc.
Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..
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