Part 1882

<blockquote>With eager feeding food doth <b>choke</b> the feeder. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.</def>

<blockquote>Oats and darnel <b>choke</b> the rising corn. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.</def> "I was <i>choked</i> at this word."

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.</def>

<cs><col>To choke off</col>, <cd>to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, <i>to choke off<i> a speaker by uproar.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choke</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.</def>

<blockquote>The words <b>choked</b> in his throat. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Choke</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The tied end of a cartridge.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.</def>

<h1>Chokeberry</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (<spn>Pyrus arbutifolia</spn>) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.</def>

<h1>Chokecherry</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke"cher`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (<spn>Prunus Virginiana</spn>); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.</def>

<h1>Choke damp</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke" damp`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <cref>Carbonic acid</cref>, under <er>Carbonic</er>.</def>

<h1>Chokedar</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho`ke*dar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hindi <ets>chauk\'c6-d\'ber</ets>.]</ety> <def>A watchman; an officer of customs or police.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<h1>Choke-full</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke"-full`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.</def>

<h1>Choke pear</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Choke" pear`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.</def>