| Lock (lock) |
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| Lock |
| [AS. locc; akin to
D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc, Icel. lokkr, and
perh. to Gr. (?) to bend, twist.] |
A tuft of hair; a flock or
small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or
ringlet of hair.
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| Lock (lock) |
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| n. | |
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| Lock |
D.
luiken, OHG. l hhan, Icel. l(?)ka, Goth.
lkan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf.
Locket.] |
Anything that fastens;
specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer,
and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to
release the thing fastened.
A fastening together or interlacing; a
closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or
immovable.
A place from which egress is prevented, as
by a lock.
The barrier or works which confine the
water of a stream or canal.
An inclosure in a canal with gates at each
end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
another; -- called also lift lock.
That part or apparatus of a firearm by
which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock,
flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
A device for keeping a wheel from
turning.
A grapple in wrestling.
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To fasten with a lock, or as
with a lock] to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to
lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit
from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as,
to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk.
etc.
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by
means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out --
often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to
lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to
lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a
vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret
in one's breast.
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to
lock arms.
To furnish with locks;
also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
To seize, as the sword
arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm
him.
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To become fast, as
by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks
close.
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