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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. “The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t. ] To encounter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting. [ 1913 Webster ]