Definition of lock

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Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc..

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Rewet :: Rewet (n.) A gunlock.
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
Gunlock :: Gunlock (n.) The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock..
Jumper :: "Jumper (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece..
Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
Denote :: Denote (v. t.) To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour..
Monticle :: Monticle (n.) A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence.
Canon Bone :: Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse..
Match :: Match (v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold..
Baseborn :: Baseborn (a.) Born out of wedlock.
Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks..
Jackass :: Jackass (n.) A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc..
Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
Coalfish :: Coalfish (n.) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock..
Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.
Clock :: Clock (v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen. See Cluck..
Heritage :: Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge..
Euphroe :: Euphroe (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up..
Trismus :: Trismus (n.) The lockjaw.
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