Chock
Chock , transitive verb
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
Chock , intransitive verb
To fill up, as a cavity.
The woodwork... exactly chocketh into joints.
Chock , noun
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.
(Nautical) 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.
Chock , adverb
(Nautical) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
Chock , transitive verb
[French choquer. Compare Shock, transitive verb]
To encounter. [Obsolete]
Chock , noun
An encounter. [Obsolete]