CHOCARD
Cho"card, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chough.
CHOCK
Chock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking.]
Defn: To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
CHOCK
Chock, v. i.
Defn: To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.
CHOCK
Chock, 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.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.