Choak (?), v. t. & i. See Choke.
Cho"a*noid (?), a. [Gr. &?; funnel + -oid.] (Anat.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.
Cho"card (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The chough.
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.
Chock, v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.
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.) 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, adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.