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These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Lock Lock, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to
OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel.
l[=u]ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.
Cf. {Locket}.]
1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a
door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a
bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the
thing fastened.
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2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
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Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De Quincey.
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3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden.
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4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
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5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
another; -- called also {lift lock}.
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6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,
etc.
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7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. [1913 Webster]

8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.

Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.

Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.

Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.

Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.

Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.

Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.

Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.

Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a {mortise lock}.
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Lock Lock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locked; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locking}.]
1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to
prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage
wheel, a river, etc.
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2. 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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3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often
with up; as, to lock one s self in a room; to lock up the
prisoners; to lock up one s silver; to lock intruders out
of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child
in one s arms; to lock a secret in one s breast.
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4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. `` Lock hand in hand. --Shak.
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5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
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6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
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Lock Lock, v. i. To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as,
the door locks close.
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When it locked none might through it pass. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

To lock into, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each other. --Boyle.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English