chock vs spire

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. 

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. 

adv
  • Entirely; quite. 

spire

noun
  • The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. 

  • A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. 

  • One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil. 

  • A young shoot of a plant; a spear. 

  • A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting. 

  • A spiral. 

  • The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. 

  • Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc. 

  • A sharp or tapering point. 

verb
  • to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate. 

  • To furnish with a spire. 

  • To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. 

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