*hock*

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. (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. [ 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 ]

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. (Med.) See Loch, a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mohawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. schokke; cf. OD schocke, G. schock a heap, quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap of hay, Lith. kugis. ] 1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook. [ 1913 Webster ]

And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ G. schock. ] (Com.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be occupied with making shocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn,
Bind fast, shock apace. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, OHG. scoc a swing, MHG. schoc, Icel. skykkjun tremuously, F. choc a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Sp. choque, It. ciocco a log. √161. Cf. Shock to shake. ] 1. A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset. [ 1913 Webster ]

These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks
Of tides and seas tempestuous. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

He stood the shock of a whole host of foes. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event. “A shock of pleasure.” Talfourd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a part of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Elec.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Concussion, Shock. Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shocked p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking. ] [ OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. √161. Cf. Chuck to strike, Jog, Shake, Shock a striking, Shog, n. & v. ] 1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advise him not to shock a father's will. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. “They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Shag. ] 1. (Zool.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See 7th Shock, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shock-headed. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a thick and bushy head of hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grossest and most shocking villainies. Secker. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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