Definition of lock

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Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.

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Lift :: Lift (n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals..
Sedge :: Sedge (n.) A flock of herons.
Pastor :: Pastor (n.) A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling..
Horologiographer :: Horologiographer (n.) A maker of clocks, watches, or dials..
Bennet :: Bennet (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc..
Strickle :: Stricken (v. t.) Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block..
Mustard :: Mustard (n.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum)..
Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..
Flight :: Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows..
Hummock :: Hummock (n.) A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface..
Clock :: Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
Gunlock :: Gunlock (n.) The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock..
Elflock :: Elflock (n.) Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves..
Lob :: Lob (n.) The European pollock.
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Noon :: Noon (n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
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