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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chock \Chock\, v. i. To fill up as a cavity. ``The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.'' --Fuller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chock \Chock\, adv (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as chock home; chock aft. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chock \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf {Shock}, v. t.] To encounter. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chock \Chock\, n. An encounter. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}] v 1: secure with chocks 2: support on chocks, as of boats, for example
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