Definition of lock

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Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..

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Flock :: Flock (v. i.) To gather in companies or crowds.
Wedded :: Wedded (a.) Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver..
Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..
Clock :: Clock (n.) The striking of a clock.
Dullhead :: Dullhead (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.
Flocking :: Flocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floc.
Lock-down :: Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.
Trip :: Trip (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc..
Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..
Locked :: Locked (imp. & p. p.) of Loc.
Doltish :: Doltish (a.) Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown..
Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use..
Bond :: Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break jo
Harlock :: Harlock (n.) Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..
Loom :: Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..
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