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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.
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Chock \Chock\, v. i.
To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh
into joints." --Fuller.
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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.
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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.
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Chock \Chock\, adv. (Naut.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
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Chock \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
To encounter. [Obs.]
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Chock \Chock\, n.
An encounter. [Obs.]
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