transitive. To drive in as a wedge.
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释义 | the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > by blocking or wedging (12) coin1580 transitive. To drive in as a wedge. cog1635 To stop (a wheel, etc.) by putting a stone, block of wood, etc., in front; to ‘scotch’ a cartwheel on an incline to prevent the cart going back; to… stick1635 transitive (in passive). To become mired or lodged in something and so be unable to move. Also of an instrument or mechanism: to become jammed, esp… quoin1637 transitive. To secure or raise with a quoin or wedge. Also with up. Cf. quoin, n. 2. Now rare. scotch1642 transitive. To block or wedge (a wheel, gate, etc.) so as to prevent it from moving or slipping. Also with up. Now chiefly U.S. sufflaminate1656 transitive. To put an obstacle in the way of, obstruct. choke1712 To stop the movement of any machine by clogging or jambing. Cf. chock, n.1 chock1726 transitive. To supply or fit with a chock or chocks (in various senses of chock, n.1); to wedge in place; esp. to block or wedge (esp. a wheel or… jam1851 transitive. To cause the fixing or wedging of (some movable part of a machine) so that it cannot work; to render (a machine, gun, etc.)… sprag1878 To check or stop (a wheel) by inserting a sprag. snibble1880 (transitive) to scotch. cotch1925 transitive. Jamaican. To wedge or block (a wheel, door, etc.) to prevent movement; = scotch, v.2 3a. |
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