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a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a spine, thorn + &unr_; head. ] (Zool.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. fld>(Med.) Shock resulting from anaphylaxis{ 2 }. It is a severe form of physiological shock, often having a fatal outcome, and is caused by an extreme immunological reaction to antigens. It is characterized by smooth muscle contraction and capillary dilation throughout the body, initiated by antibodies of the IgE class. It is usually seen when an antigen to which a person has become hypersensitized is injected intravenously or subcutaneously. It is also called generalyzed anaphylaxis or systemic anaphylaxis, and sometimes anaphylaxis. [ Stedman ] [ PJC + AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + orthoclase. ] (Min.) A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57 -- 2.60. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anthokyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; tumor. ] (Med.) See Goiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. chocolate; a colloquial British abbreviation; as, a box ov chocs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The chough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. colloquial British abbreviation for chocolate ice cream. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. “The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t. ] To encounter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An encounter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. a. Quite full; full to capacity; choke-full; as, chowder chock-full of clams.
Syn. -- chockablock(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. --
Chocolate nut. See Cacao. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Choctaw. (Ethnol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. dolichcéphalie. ] The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head. ] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al a. & n.

n. (Shipbuilding) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An earthquake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hotchpot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from Hochheim, in Germany. ] A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

v. t. 1. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock. [ PJC ]

2. The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock. [ PJC ]

n. [ See 1st Hock. ] A Rhenish wine. [ Obs. ] See Hock. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. hōcor mockery, scorn. ] A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide. [ Eng. ] [ Written also hokeday. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Hook, n. ] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The stick used by the players. [ Written also hookey and hawkey. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hockled p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling ] [ From 2d Hock. ] 1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mow, as stubble. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Hocus-pocus. ] 1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cheats or deceives. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drugged liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of Latin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus. ] 1. A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A juggler or trickster. [ Archaic ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Obfuscating talk or elaborate but meaningless activity intended to hide a deception or to obscure what is actually happening; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Syn. -- trickery, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To cheat. [ Colloq. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy. ] (Bot.) A species of Althæa (Althæa rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow. Rose mallow is listed as a variety of Hibiscus, not Hollyhock in several Web pages. Name change??? [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

/mhw>, n. [ AS. h&unr_;h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. hāsinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, hächse, LG. hacke, D. hak; also to L. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. √12. Cf. Heel. ] 1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The popliteal space; the ham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shock mutually. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of isosulphocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, HNCS, isomeric with sulphocyanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. lithocarpe. ] (Paleon.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lithochromics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. chrw^ma color. ] The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone. [ 1913 Webster ]