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..

Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.

Hock :: Hock (n.) A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines..

Hock :: Hock (n.) Alt. of Houg.

Hock :: Hock (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

Hockamore :: Hockamore (n.) A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock.

Hockday :: Hockday (n.) A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide..

Hockey :: Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals..

Hockey :: Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players.

Hockherb :: Hockherb (n.) The mallow.

Hockle :: Hockle (v. t.) To hamstring; to hock; to hough.

Hockle :: Hockle (v. t.) To mow, as stubble..

Hockled :: Hockled (imp. & p. p.) of Hockl.

Hockling :: Hockling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hockl.

Hollyhock :: Hollyhock (n.) A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow..

Intershock :: Intershock (v. t.) To shock mutually.

Lohock :: Lohock (n.) See Loch, a medicine..

Mohock :: Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.

Shock :: Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook..

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