lock : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
  airlock.
  

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• (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. Knight.

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• . See Lock.

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• a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer.

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• a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.

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• noun lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence
  

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• a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession.

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• noun a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate
  

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

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• a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated.

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Dou"ble-lock` transitive verb

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1. To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.

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• (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or basin.

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• the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them.

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• noun a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
  lock.
  

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• a peculiar form of padlock; called also Scandinavian lock.

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• one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently.

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• a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of in are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn.

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• noun a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move
  

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• a canal lock.

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• verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  shut up; lock; lock in; put away; shut away; lock away.
  
  • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
  • She locked her jewels in the safe

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

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• noun enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
  lock.
  

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• the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.

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Lock" hos"pi*tal

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1. . A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. Eng.

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• verb close with or as if with a tight seal
  seal in.
  
  • This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!
• verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  shut up; lock; lock in; put away; shut away; lock away.
  
  • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
  • She locked her jewels in the safe

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• . See Check nut, under Check.

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• verb prevent employees from working during a strike
  

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• a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.

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

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• (Masonry), a range of bond stone. Knight.

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• noun washer that prevents a nut from loosening
  lockring; lock ring.
  

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Lock" step`

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1. . 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.

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Lock" stitch`

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1. . A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.

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• verb secure by locking
  
  • lock up the house before you go on vacation
• verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  shut up; lock; lock in; put away; shut away; lock away.
  
  • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
  • She locked her jewels in the safe

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• noun washer that prevents a nut from loosening
  lockring; lock ring.
  

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Lock"-down` noun

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1. A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. U.S.

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• noun a gate that can be locked
  

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• noun an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover
  

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Lock"-weir` noun

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1. A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.

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Locked"-jaw` noun

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1. See Lockjaw.

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• noun pliers that can be locked in place
  

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• a door lock inserted in a mortise.

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• a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring. = lock nut

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• the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder.

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• a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.

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• a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.

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• (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

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• a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb.

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• a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock.

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• noun guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired
  safety catch.
  
• noun a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate
  safety bolt.
  

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• noun a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position
  sash lock; sash fastener.
  

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• noun a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head
  

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• a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.

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• a lock in which the keyhole is covered by a seal in such a way that the lock can not be opened without rupturing the seal.

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• adjective satellite locking automatically when closed
  

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• a lock shutting with a catch or snap.

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• a lock that fastens with a spring.

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• a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door.

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• (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond.

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• a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; called also guard lock.

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• a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed.

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• to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each other.

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• noun a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
  vapor lock.
  

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• noun a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
  vapor lock.
  

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• noun an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel
  

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• . (a) A letter lock. See under Letter. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage.

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• noun a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position
  sash lock; sash fastener.
  

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• (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.

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