Definition of lock

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Lock (n.) 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..

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Hillock :: Hillock (n.) A small hill.
Hackery :: Hackery (n.) A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..
Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece..
Close :: Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock..
Lockup :: Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..
Water Hemlock :: Water hemlock () A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus..
Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. i.) To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Mulierty :: Mulierty (n.) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
Dentil :: Dentil (n.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc..
Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) A house of squared logs.
Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..
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