Definition of lock

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Lock (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock..

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Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..
Bear :: Bear (n.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck.
Flock :: Flock (v. t.) To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock..
Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..
Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..
Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use..
Blockaded :: Blockaded (imp. & p. p.) of Blockad.
Tail-bay :: Tail-bay (n.) The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize.
Timepiece :: Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer..
Congee :: Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.
At :: At (prep.) The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first..
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..
Inlock :: Inlock (v. t.) To lock in, or inclose..
Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.
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..
Mirabilis :: Mirabilis (n.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.
Bullock :: Bullock (v. t.) To bully.
Tray :: Tray (n.) A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc..
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