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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.

  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.