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Unhook :: Unhook (v. t.) To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress..

Cotter :: Cotter (n.) A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key..

Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

Lock :: Lock (n.) 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..

Breastpin :: Breastpin (n.) A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch..

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..

Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings..

Pin :: Pin (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt..

Interlock :: Interlock (v. t.) To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.

Cringle :: Cringle (n.) A withe for fastening a gate.

Frog :: Frog (n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole..

Handcuff :: Handcuff (n.) A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural..

Thong :: Thong (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything..

Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..

Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder..

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