Lock (?), v. i. To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
When it locked none might through it pass.
Spenser. To lock into, to fit or slide
into; as, they lock into each other. Boyle.
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.
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.
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.
4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. " Lock hand in hand." Shak.
5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat)
in a lock.
6. (Fencing) To seize, as the
sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to
disarm him.
Lock , n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr.
lūcan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. lūkan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. lūhhan, Icel. l&?;ka,
Goth. lūkan (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.
2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing
upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
Albemarle Street closed by a lock
of carriages.
De
Quincey. 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
Dryden.
4. The barrier or works which confine the water of
a stream or
canal.
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.
6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by
which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
7. A device for
keeping a wheel from turning.
8. A grapple in
wrestling. Milton.
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.
Lock (?), n. [AS. locc; akin to D. lok,
G. locke, OHG. loc, Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr. &?; to bend, twist.]
A tuft of hair;
a flock or small quantity of wool, hay,
or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
These gray locks, the pursuivants of death.
Shak.
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