Chock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chock	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Chock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chock adv as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full" Synonym(s): chock, chock-a-block n a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object Synonym(s): chock, wedge v secure with chocks support on chocks; "chock the boat"
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. [bd]The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.[b8] --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.]