Chock |
To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. |
v. t. |
Chock |
To fill up, as a cavity. |
v. i. |
Chock |
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. |
n. |
Chock |
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. |
n. |
Chock |
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. |
adv. |
Chock |
To encounter. |
v. t. |
Chock |
An encounter. |
n. |
Choke-full |
Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full. |
a. |
Dousing-chock |
One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. |
n. |
Full |
Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. |
Compar. |
Full |
Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. |
Compar. |
Full |
Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. |
Compar. |
Full |
Sated; surfeited. |
Compar. |
Full |
Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. |
Compar. |
Full |
Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. |
Compar. |
Full |
Filled with emotions. |
Compar. |
Full |
Impregnated; made pregnant. |
Compar. |
Full |
Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree. |
n. |
Full |
Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. |
adv. |
Full |
To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight. |
v. i. |