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Lock Step :: Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him..

Bandy :: Bandy (n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks..

Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack..

Numps :: Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

Mulierty :: Mulierty (n.) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.

Mutule :: Mutule (n.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta..

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

Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

Lockjaw :: Lockjaw (n.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

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

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A pillow block; a low housing.

Block :: Block (n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat..

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..

Plane :: Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate..

Locking :: Locking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loc.

Picklock :: Picklock (n.) An instrument for picking locks.

Foretop :: Foretop (n.) The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse..

Down :: Down (prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

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