CPage 263
- English Word Chock Definition 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.
- English Word Chock Definition 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.
- English Word Chock Definition Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
- English Word Chock Definition To encounter.
- English Word Chock Definition An encounter.
- English Word Chock-full Definition Quite full; choke-full.
- English Word Chockablock Definition Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
- English Word Chocked Definition of Chock
- English Word Chocking Definition of Chock
- English Word Chocolate Definition A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.
- English Word Chocolate Definition The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.
- English Word Choctaws Definition A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.
- English Word Chode Definition the old imp. of chide. See Chide.
- English Word Chogset Definition See Cunner.
- English Word Choice Definition Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
- English Word Choice Definition The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
- English Word Choice Definition Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
- English Word Choice Definition A sufficient number to choose among.
- English Word Choice Definition The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
- English Word Choice Definition The best part; that which is preferable.