Definition of lock

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Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.

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Lockup :: Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool..
Hemlock :: Hemlock (n.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies, / Tsuga, Canadensis); hemlock spruce..
Enlock :: Enlock (v. t.) To lock; to inclose.
Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..
Winninish :: Winninish (n.) The land-locked variety of the common salmon.
Cock :: Cock (n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
Earlock :: Earlock (n.) A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.
Dullhead :: Dullhead (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Horology :: Horology (n.) The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..
Shepherd :: Shepherd (n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large..
Noonday :: Noonday (n.) Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.
Slow :: Slow (superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow..
At :: At (prep.) The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first..
Block Book :: Block book () A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
Bullock :: Bullock (v. t.) To bully.
Double-lock :: Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
Gommal :: Gommal (a.) Made or consisting of interlocked ring/ or links; as, gimmal mail..
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