Definition of lock

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Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..

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Erratic :: Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
Locken :: Locken (obs. p. p.) of Lock.
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper..
Block :: Block (v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
Locked-jaw :: Locked-jaw (n.) See Lockjaw.
Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling..
Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
Snaphance :: Snaphance (n.) A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached..
Clock :: Clock (n.) The striking of a clock.
Obstruent :: Obstruent (a.) Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine..
Lock-down :: Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.
Harlock :: Harlock (n.) Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
Flight :: Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
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