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 ]

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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n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan. [ 1913 Webster ]