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Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.

Stirless :: Stirk (n.) A young bullock or heifer.

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

Flocking :: Flocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floc.

Firstling :: Firstling (n.) The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Leader :: Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

Inlock :: Inlock (v. t.) To lock in, or inclose..

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..

Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..

Lob :: Lob (n.) The European pollock.

Interlock :: Interlock (v. i.) To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly..

Baseborn :: Baseborn (a.) Born out of wedlock.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..

Padlocking :: Padlocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Padloc.

Finger :: Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion..

Bevy :: Bevy (n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes..

Raphany :: Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism..

Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.

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