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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Gaveloche :: Gaveloche (n.) Same as Gavelock.
Padlock :: Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock..
Stumblingly :: Stumbling-block (n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error..
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout..
Disperse :: Disperse (v. i.) To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse..
Murlins :: Murlins (n.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..
Lockram :: Lockram (n.) A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany..
Wedded :: Wedded (a.) Of or pertaining to wedlock, or marriage..
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place..
Evergreen :: Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like..
Block :: Block (v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops..
Killock :: Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together..
Flock :: Flock (v. i.) To gather in companies or crowds.
Polytype :: Polytype (n.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Hydraulic :: Hydraulic (a.) Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock..
Authotype :: Authotype (n.) A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.
Ticker :: Ticker (n.) One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc..
Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..
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