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Definition of lock

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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..

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Mirabilis :: Mirabilis (n.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

Hub :: Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.

Rewet :: Rewet (n.) A gunlock.

Pendulum :: Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

Wedlock :: Wedlock (v. i.) The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony..

Nog :: Nog (n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork..

Favor :: Favor (n.) Love locks.

Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..

Lock :: Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close..

Sear :: Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam..

Picklock :: Picklock (n.) One who picks locks; a thief.

Stumblingly :: Stumbling-block (n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error..

Knob :: Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..

Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight..

Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..

Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child..

Clock :: Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking..

Flock :: Flock (n.) A lock of wool or hair.

Flintlock :: Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming..