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• Chock

  ·vi To fill up, as a cavity. II. Chock ·noun An <<Encounter>>. III. Chock ·vt To <<Encounter>>. I...

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• to chock

  To put a wedge under a thing to prevent its moving; as, to 'chock a barrel,' i. e. to put a piece of...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• chock

  to choak. Suss. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• chock

  A sort of wedge used to rest or confine any weighty body, and prevent it from fetching way when the ...

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• Chock-full

  ·adj Quite full; choke-full. ...

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• Dousing-chock

  ·noun One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking...

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• chock-full

  Entirely full; see also Chuck-full. I'm chock-full of genius and running over, said Pigwiggin. Neal...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• chock up

  Close, tight; said of a thing which fits closely to another. When the bells ring, the wood-work the...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• chock-full

  , chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c. Denote as far aft, full, home, up, &c., as possible, or th...

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• chock-home

  , chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c. Denote as far aft, full, home, up, &c., as possible, or th...

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• chock-up

  , chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c. Denote as far aft, full, home, up, &c., as possible, or th...

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• chock-aft

  , chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c. Denote as far aft, full, home, up, &c., as possible, or th...

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• chock-channels

  Those filled in with wood between the chain-plates, according to a plan introduced by Captain Couch,...

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• rolling-chock

  , or jaw-piece. Similar to that of a gaff, fastened to the middle of an upper yard, to steady it. ...

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• chock-and-log

  n. and adj. a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• chock-a-block

  , or chock and block Is the same with block-a-block and two-blocks (which see). When the lower blo...

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