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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Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
Hemlock :: Hemlock (n.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A flock of widgeons.
"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..
Lockram :: Lockram (n.) A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany..
Bullet :: Bullet (n.) The fetlock of a horse.
Clodpate :: Clodpate (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.
Fish-block :: Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle.
Engraving :: Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper..
Tuz :: Tuz (n.) A lock or tuft of hair.
Locker :: Locker (n.) A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child..
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool..
Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..
Firelock :: Firelock (n.) An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock..
Vase :: Vase (n.) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche..
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..
Wed :: Wed (n.) To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.
Mound :: Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
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