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