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Webster 1913 Edition
Chock
Chock
,Verb.
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 caskChock
,Verb.
I.
To fill up, as a cavity.
“The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.” Fuller.
Chock
,Noun.
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.
Chock
,adv.
(Naut.)
Entirely; quite;
as,
. chock
home; chock
aftChock
,Noun.
An encounter.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Chock
CHOCK
,Noun.
Chocks of the rudder, are pieces of timber kept in readiness to stop the motion of the rudder, in case of an accident, &c.