Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..

Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) See Jerusalem artichoke.

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle..

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun..

Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled..

Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick..

Choke :: Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation..

Choke :: Choke (n.) The tied end of a cartridge.

Choke :: Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc..

Choke Damp :: Choke damp () See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic..

Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth..

Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.

Choke-full :: Choke-full (a.) Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.

Choke-strap :: Choke-strap (n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place..

Chokeberry :: Chokeberry (n.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub..

Chokecherry :: Chokecherry (n.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit..

Choked :: Choked (imp. & p. p.) of Chok.

Chokedar :: Chokedar (n.) A watchman; an officer of customs or police.

Choker :: Choker (n.) One who, or that which, chokes..

Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.

Choking :: Choking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chok.

Choking :: Choking (a.) That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

Choking :: Choking (a.) Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion..

Choky Chokey :: Choky Chokey (a.) Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate..

Choky Chokey :: Choky Chokey (a.) Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion..

Hogchoker :: Hogchoker (n.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value..

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