chock (chok)

[With var. chuck4, in partly diff. senses; appar. eck, under the The Theo chodet. An obsolete preterit of chide . chœnix (kē'niks), n.; pl. chœnices (-ni-sēz). [ probably the measure mentioned in the New Testament (Rev. vi. 6). In Egypt the Ptolemaic system had a choenix, Heraclea in Italy is surmised to have been 0.7 liter. which appears to have equaled 0.8 liter. The choœnix of Chœrodia (kē-ro di-a), n. pl. [NL. (E. Blyth, 1849), under the sides of a boat on deck, wheels of a carriage, etc.-2. In ship - build ing, a block of approximately triangular shape, used to unite the head and heel of cons ecu of later naturalists. tive timbers. 3. Naut., a block having hornchœrodian (ke-rod i-an), a. [ shaped projections extending partly over choice ent into an obtuse o eous ridge, while the anterior remain free and conical.