Chock /(?)/

Chock

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking

  1. To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

Chock

v. i.
  1. To fill up, as a cavity.

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. 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. (Naut.)

Chock

adv.
  1. Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. (Naut.)

Chock

v. t.
  1. To encounter. [Obs.]

Chock

n.
  1. An encounter. [Obs.]