CHOCK
\t͡ʃˈɒk], \tʃˈɒk], \tʃ_ˈɒ_k]\
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An encounter.
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To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
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To fill up, as a cavity.
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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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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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Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
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To encounter.
By Noah Webster.
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A block or wedge to fill in a space so as to prevent motion; on a ship, a type of casting or wooden part for ropes to run through.
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To furnish, wedge, or make fast, with a chock.
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As tight as possible.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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