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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..

Unlock :: Unlock (v. t.) To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest..

Lock :: Lock (n.) A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair..

White-foot :: White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin..

Flock :: Flock (n.) A lock of wool or hair.

Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged..

Hackery :: Hackery (n.) A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks..

Dogwatch :: Dogwatch (n.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m..

Jobbernowl :: Jobbernowl (n.) A blockhead.

Stump :: Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block.

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight..

Kedlook :: Kedlook (n.) See Charlock.

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..

Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

Tumulus :: Tumulus (n.) An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow..

Growthead :: Growthead (n.) A lazy person; a blockhead.

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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