Definition of lock

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Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.

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Flock :: Flock (v. t.) To flock to; to crowd.
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Broach :: Broach (n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
Clocklike :: Clocklike (a.) Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.
Wenlock Group :: Wenlock group () The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.
Greenfish :: Greenfish (n.) See Bluefish, and Pollock..
Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..
Stockjobber :: Stockish (a.) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.
Pastern :: Pastern (n.) The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse..
Clock :: Clock (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes..
Timepiece :: Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer..
Cassidony :: Cassidony (n.) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model..
Lock Hospital :: Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.
Fence :: Fence (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking..
Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..
Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
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