chock vs fell

chock

adv
  • Entirely; quite. 

verb
  • To make a dull sound. 

  • To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch. 

  • To insert a line in a chock. 

noun
  • Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted. 

  • Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling. 

fell

adv
  • Sharply; fiercely. 

noun
  • Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense). 

  • The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down. 

  • An animal skin, hide, pelt. 

  • A rocky ridge or chain of mountains. 

  • A wild field or upland moor. 

  • A cutting-down of timber. 

  • The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. 

  • The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting. 

adj
  • Very large; huge. 

  • Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent 

  • Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage. 

verb
  • To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat. 

  • simple past tense of fall 

  • To strike down, kill, destroy. 

  • To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. 

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