chock

1. v. t. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. Source: opted

2. v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. adv. Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. Source: opted

6. v. t. To encounter. Source: opted

7. n. An encounter. Source: opted

8. n. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object Source: wordnet

9. adv. as completely as possible Source: wordnet

10. v. secure with chocks Source: wordnet

11. v. support on chocks Source: wordnet

12. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller. 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. Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. To encounter. [Obs.] An encounter. [Obs.] Source: webster

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