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chock
(encz) | chock,klín n: Zdeněk Brož |
chock
(encz) | chock,zaklínovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Chock
(gcide) | Chock \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.
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Chock
(gcide) | Chock \Chock\, v. i.
To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh
into joints." --Fuller.
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Chock
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Chock
(gcide) | Chock \Chock\, adv. (Naut.)
Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
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Chock
(gcide) | Chock \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
To encounter. [Obs.]
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Chock
(gcide) | Chock \Chock\, n.
An encounter. [Obs.]
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chock
(wn) | chock
adv 1: as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
[syn: chock, chock-a-block]
n 1: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a
heavy object [syn: chock, wedge]
v 1: secure with chocks
2: support on chocks; "chock the boat" |
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chockablock
(mass) | chock-a-block
- kompletný |
chockfull
(mass) | chock-full
- preplnený |
chock
(encz) | chock,klín n: Zdeněk Brožchock,zaklínovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
chock full
(encz) | chock full,přeplněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
chock up
(encz) | chock up,nacpat v: Zdeněk Brožchock up,zaplnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
chock-a-block
(encz) | chock-a-block,být plný (čeho) Petr Machekchock-a-block,kompletní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
chock-full
(encz) | chock-full,přeplněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
chockablock
(encz) | chockablock, |
chockful
(encz) | chockful, adj: |
Chockablock
(gcide) | Chockablock \Chock"a*block\, a. (Naut.)
Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close
together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
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chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full
(gcide) | filled \filled\ adj.
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower
terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding
with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full
of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate),
rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick
with(predicate)}; {brimful, brimful of(predicate),
brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming
with(predicate)}; {chockablock(predicate),
chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate),
chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate),
chuck-full(predicate), cram full}; congested, engorged;
{crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming,
swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming
with(predicate)}; {flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted,
overfull}; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ;
overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed; {well-lined
]
Syn: full.
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2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
of hollow.
Syn: solid.
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3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; --
of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for
the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
Syn: occupied.
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Chocked
(gcide) | Chock \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.
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Chock-full
(gcide) | Chock-full \Chock"-full`\ chockfull \chock"full`\, 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.
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chockfull
(gcide) | Chock-full \Chock"-full`\ chockfull \chock"full`\, 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.
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Chocking
(gcide) | Chock \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.
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Dousing-chock
(gcide) | Dousing-chock \Dous"ing-chock`\, 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.
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Friction chocks
(gcide) | Friction \Fric"tion\, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to
rub: cf. F. friction. See Fray to rub, arid cf.
Dentifrice.]
1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of
another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the
body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to
excite the skin to healthy action.
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2. (Mech.) The resistance which a body meets with from the
surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding
motion, or to rolling motion.
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3. A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or
work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard
progress.
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Angle of friction (Mech.), the angle which a plane onwhich
a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the
hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.
Note: This angle varies for different bodies, and for planes
of different materials.
Anti-friction wheels (Mach.), wheels turning freely on
small pivots, and sustaining, at the angle formed by their
circumferences, the pivot or journal of a revolving shaft,
to relieve it of friction; -- called also {friction
wheels}.
Friction balls, or
Friction rollers, balls or rollers placed so as to receive
the pressure or weight of bodies in motion, and relieve
friction, as in the hub of a bicycle wheel.
Friction brake (Mach.), a form of dynamometer for measuring
the power a motor exerts. A clamp around the revolving
shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its
friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by
observing the force required to keep the clamp from
revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.
Friction chocks, brakes attached to the common standing
garrison carriages of guns, so as to raise the trucks or
wheels off the platform when the gun begins to recoil, and
prevent its running back. --Earrow.
Friction clutch, Friction coupling, an engaging and
disengaging gear for revolving shafts, pulleys, etc.,
acting by friction; esp.:
(a) A device in which a piece on one shaft or pulley is so
forcibly pressed against a piece on another shaft that
the two will revolve together; as, in the
illustration, the cone a on one shaft, when thrust
forcibly into the corresponding hollow cone b on the
other shaft, compels the shafts to rotate together, by
the hold the friction of the conical surfaces gives.
(b) A toothed clutch, one member of which, instead of
being made fast on its shaft, is held by friction and
can turn, by slipping, under excessive strain or in
starting.
Friction drop hammer, one in which the hammer is raised for
striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip
the hammer rod.
Friction gear. See Frictional gearing, under
Frictional.
Friction machine, an electrical machine, generating
electricity by friction.
Friction meter, an instrument for measuring friction, as in
testing lubricants.
Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of
chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which
readily ignites by friction.
Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing
cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the
friction powder or composition with which the tube is
filled.
Friction wheel (Mach.), one of the wheels in frictional
gearing. See under Frictional.
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chock
(wn) | chock
adv 1: as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
[syn: chock, chock-a-block]
n 1: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a
heavy object [syn: chock, wedge]
v 1: secure with chocks
2: support on chocks; "chock the boat" |
chock up
(wn) | chock up
v 1: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
[syn: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad] |
chock-a-block
(wn) | chock-a-block
adv 1: as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"
[syn: chock, chock-a-block] |
chock-full
(wn) | chock-full
adj 1: packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces
of fish" [syn: chockablock(p), chock-full,
chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full] |
chockablock
(wn) | chockablock
adj 1: packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces
of fish" [syn: chockablock(p), chock-full,
chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full] |
chockful
(wn) | chockful
adj 1: packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces
of fish" [syn: chockablock(p), chock-full,
chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full] |
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