locator 
let: see locate.] 1. One who locates land, or 
who settles upon land by cluim of right or legal 
possession. [U. 8.] 
Ilere no locator encronclwa upon hin iK'inhtmr'B claim. 
Tlie Crnlury, XXV. 586. 
2. In In a-, the lihvr in a contract of location. 
loc. cit. An abbreviation of the Latin /<<. at- 
tato, 'in the place (already) cited.' Sometimes 
further abbreviated t. c. 
locellate (lo-sel'at), a. [<. <Vv7/x + -ate 1 .] 
Divided into locelli. 
locellus (lo-sel'ns), U. ; pi. locrlli (-1). [L., a 
little place, a compartment, dim. of locitlits, a 
little place: see loculuM.] In hot., & secondary 
cell, forming a subdivision of a loculus, whe- 
ther in an anther or a seed-vessel. 
loch 1 (loch), U. [< Gael, loch, a lake: see lake 1 .'] 
In Scotland, a lake in the general sense, or a 
lake-like body of water, as one of the narrow 
or partially landlocked arras of the sea, espe- 
cially on the west coast, resembling the Nor- 
wegian fiords. In Ireland usually lough. 
One burnish d sheet of living gold, 
Loch Katrine lay beneath him roll'd. 
Scott, L. of the L., L 14. 
Kingsbnrgh conducted us in his boat across one of the 
Inchs, as they call them, or arms of the sea, which flow in 
upon all the coasts of .Sky. Born-ell, Journal, p. 244. 
loch 2 (lok), . [Also lohoch ; = F. lok, looch, 
look = Sp. loog = Pg. looch = It. loc, locco, < 
Ar. lo'oq, an electuary, a lincture, < la'aq, lick.] 
A lincture. 
Lochaber ax. A battle-ax having a long han- 
dle or staff, used by the Scottish Highlanders. 
In the typical form the blade is narrow, but of great length 
in tile direction of the shaft, and projects beyond the end 
of the shaft either in a long point or with a hook. 
lochan (loch'an), n. [< Gael, lochan, dim. of 
loch, a lake: see loch 1 .] A small loch; a pond. 
[Scotch.] 
A pond or lochan, rather than a lake. //. Miller. 
loche, n. An obsolete or archaic spelling of 
loach. 
Lochia 1 (lo'ki-a or lo-kl'S), n. [< Gr. A.o x la, also 
\oxeia, an epitnetof Artemis, fern. of /W;t>f,also 
Xo,Yrioc, belonging to childbirth, from Wfof, a 
lying-in, childbirth (also an ambush, etc.: see 
Lochites), < teyeiv, lay, mid. lie: see lie 1 .'] 1. 
In Gr. myth., a surname of the goddess Artemis 
(Diana), as the protectress of women in child- 
birth. 2. [NL.] A genua of noctuid motha 
of the subfamily Cotmtinte, based upon the 
Australian L. apicalis. Walker, 1865. 
lochia- (lo'ki-a), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. Mxta, evac- 
uations following childbirth, neut. pi. of U^iof , 
belonging to childbirth: see Lochia 1 .'] Inmed., 
the evacuations from the womb and vagina 
which follow childbirth. 
locblal (16'ki-al), a. [< locMift + -al.] Of or 
pertaining to the lochia. 
Lochites (lo-ki'tez), . [NL. (Foerster, 1856), 
< Gr. '/axiTii;, a fellow-soldier, a comrade, one 
of the same company, <. lAxf, a company, band 
of troops, prop, a party in ambush, lit. a lying 
in wait, an ambush : see Lochia 1 .] 1. A genus 
of parasitic Hymenoptera, of the chalcid sub- 
family Tnryni in<e. The species are parasitic upon gall- 
making Cynipidte. Only European species have been de- 
scribed, although the genus is also represented in North 
America. 
2. A genus of South American thainnophiline 
birds. Cabanis and Heine, 1857. Also called 
Nisius. 3. A genus of robber-flies of the fam- 
ily .[siliiln: Nchiner, 1866. 
loch-moulinet (lok'mo-li-na'), H. A form of 
electric log in which a telephone is substituted 
for the indicator, and a species of mill-wheel 
for the screw. See electric loq, under log%. 
loci, . Plural of locus. 
lock 1 (lok), . [< ME. lok (pi. lokkes), < AS. loc, 
a bolt, bar, fastening, inclosure, fold, close, end- 
ing. = OFries. /ofc= MLG. lok = OHG. loh, MHG. 
Infh, an inclosure, prison, dungeon, concealed 
place, hole, aperture, G. loch, a dungeon, a hole, 
aperture, = Icel. lok, a cover, lid, a locker, an 
end, conclusion, = Sw. loci' = Dan. Inag. a lid, 
= Goth. "Ink, in comp. iwliik, an opening; cf. 
ME. lake, < AS. loan, m., a bolt, bar, inclosure, 
= OD. loke = Icel. lokii, a lock, latch, fasten- 
ing; from the orig. strong verb, AS. irn-nn 
(pp. locen), etc., close, lock: see lock 1 , t:] 1. 
Anything that fastens something else; spe- 
cifically, an appliance for securing in position 
a door, gate, window, drawer, lid, etc., when 
closed, by means of a key, or of some secret 
contrivance requiring manipulation by one to 
whom it is known ; hence, any device that pre- 
vents movement. The essential parts of an ordinary 
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lock are a bolt, wards, tumbler, and a spring. The bolt 
is a bar which slides or ditches in an opening made to 
receive it. The spring serves to 
maintain the bolt in one of two 
)x>sitions that is, either extend 
ed or retracted corresponding 
t'i locking and unlocking. The 
wards are strips of metal placed 
within the lock and designed to 
obstruct the passage of all keys 
except the one fitted to tin in 
The tumbler is a pivoted bar, or 
other device, used to hold Un- 
bolt In one position, and int<ill 
to render it difficult to operate 
the lock except by the right key. 
Locks are made in a great variety 
of stylesand shapes, and for many 
Tumbler-lock. 
I tic lwlt has two square 
notches, a, >i. in it-. HJIIKT 
cdtfc ; f>, tumbler, pivoteu at 
one end, and havmif a pro- 
jc. titij,'stiinn),r,atthcotner, 
h falls into one of the 
. . . ....tches, according to the 
din" emit posit ions and uses. The position of the bolt, 
security of locks In general de- 
pends on the number of impediments or wards that are 
interposed between the key and the bolt which secures 
the door. 
A cap-case for your llnnen and your plate, 
With a strange lock, that opens with Amen. 
Fletcher (and another), Noble Gentleman, v. 
2. A forelock; a cotter or key. E. H. Kni</lit. 
3. In firearms, a piece of mechanism which 
explodes the charge. This is effected either by strik- 
ing a sharp blow which explodes a fulminating powder or 
strikes sparks from a flint, etc., or by communicating fire 
directly to the priming, as in the old match-lock. 
4. A form of brake or drag for the wheels of a 
vehicle, used to prevent them from turning in 
descending steep hills; a lock-chain or skid- 
chain. 5. The swerving to the right or left of 
the fore-carriage, deviating from the line of di- 
rection of the hind wheels and the trend of the 
carriages proper. It is called the tiaic or gee 
lock respectively, according as it is to the left 
or right of the driver. E. H. Knight. 6. In 
plastering, the projection of the plaster, cement, 
etc., behind the laths, which serves to prevent 
it from scaling off. 7. A place shut in or lock- 
ed up ; an inclosure ; a lockup. 
Shuts up th' unwieldy centaur in the lock. Dryden. 
8. A barrier to confine the water of a stream or 
canal; an inclosure in a canal, with gates at 
each end, used in raising or lowering boats as 
they pass from one level to another, when a ves- 
sel is descending, water Is let into the chamber of the lock 
till it Is on a level with the higher water, and thus permits 
the vessel to enter ; the upper gates are then closed, and, the 
lower gates being gradually opened, the water in the lock 
falls to the level of the low water, and the vessel passes out. 
In ascending, the operation is reversed. See cut under 
canal-lock. 
9. A fastening together; a closing of one thing 
upon another ; a state of being fixed or immov- 
able ; also, a grapple in wrestling; a hug. 
All Alhemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. 
De Quincey. 
They must be practised in all the locks and gripes of 
wrestling, as neea may often be in fight to tug or grapple, 
and to close. Hilton, Education. 
Bramah lock [named from its Inventor, Joseph Bramah 
of London (1749-1814)], a form of bank -lock. Its chief char- 
acteristic is a series of sliding tumblers, notched at dif- 
ferent parts of their length, the raising of which by a key 
having a bit shaped In correspondence with the notches 
releases the lock-Dolt and leaves it free to move in locking 
or unlocking. Burglar-alarm lock. See burglar-alarm. 
Chain-lock, a form of seal-lock. Chain Of locks. See 
chain. Combination-lock, a bank- or safe-lock, the 
principal features of which are the following : Two or more 
disks, each with a similar notch in its periphery.are mount- 
ed upon a spindle, which, in locking or unlocking the safe, 
is turned by a knob. One <li*k and an exterior dial- 
plate are fastened to the spindle; the other disks turn 
on the spindle. The disks are separated by Intervening 
washers or collars, and each has a pin projecting from its 
fiat face laterally toward the adjacent disk. The pins are 
arranged in relation with the dial and the peripheral 
notches in such manner that in turning the spindle, accord- 
ing to a given system or combination, first in one direction 
and then in the other, to make certain letters or numbers 
on the dial successively coincide with a mark on a ring 
which circumscribes the dial, the peripheral notches in the 
disks are, by the successive engagement with each other 
of the laterally projecting pins, brought into line with each 
other. When this is done, the obstructing mechanism 
which has previously held the bolt falls into the alined 
notches, and the bolt is left free to move as may be de- 
sired. The positions of the disks, and consequently of 
the pins, may be changed at will to correspond with the 
different figures or letters on the dial : this is called chang- 
i/itt lh>' r<:itnnati0n. The number of such changes is only 
limited by the law of permutation as applied to the num- 
ber of disks and the number of letters or figures on the 
dial. Such a lock may have two systemsof dials, spindles, 
and disks, each controlling the one bolt of the lock, and 
each of which may be set on a different combination. In 
this way, as a measure of greater security, it may be 
arranged that the presence of two persons (each knowing 
only one combination) may be needed to operate the lock. 
Also called permutation-lock. Dead lock, (a) A lock 
the bolt of which can be turned in either direction by a 
key. as distinguished from one in which the spring throws 
the bolt in one direction only, as in a spring-lock, (ft) 
See dead -lock. Dormant lock, a lock the twit of which 
does not close automatically. Double lock. In a canal. 
two Dingle locks of equal capacity arranged side by side, 
and connected, one with the other, by a sluice with a 
gate. Water flowing from either, when full, may be made 
lock 
by the sluice to enter the other till the same level Is reached 
in but h. The sluice being then closed, and the lower lock- 
gates opened in tin' lock it la desired to empty, the remain- 
der < >f the water flows out into the lower pound of the canal. 
Thus, while one lock is emptying, one half its water may be 
used to half All the other. Therefore only one half the wa- 
ter taken from the upper pound of the canal, required In 
locking a given number of boats through a single lock, is 
needed when a double lock is used. Draw-bolt lock, a 
lock the bolt of which can be drawn by means of a knob, 
except when it is locked with a key. Lock of water, 
the measure equal to the contents of the chamber of the 
locks by which the consumption of water on a canal U 
estimated. - Lock, stock, and barrel, the whole gun; 
hence, the whole of anything. 
Take It all In all, It Is rotten ; lock, Oack.and barrel, there 
Is not an Inch of It sound. 
T. Benton, Speech on the National Bank. 
Permutation-lock, a lock In which the moving parts are 
capable of transposition, so that, being arranged In any con - 
certed order, it becomes necessary before the bolt can be 
shot to bring the tumblers Into that order. /:. // Knight. 
Pin-tumbler lock, a lock in which the tumblers hive 
the form of pins or short rods, which slide In one direction 
in holes or ways by their own gravity or by the action of 
springs, and in the opposite direction by the action of the 
key when the latter is pushed Into the lock. The " Yale " 
lock is of this variety. Puzzle-lock, a more or less sim- 
ple form of lock constructed on the combination principle 
and used as a puzzle, the solution consisting In finding the 
combination which locks or unlocks it. The greater the 
complexity of the lock, the more difficult Is the solution of 
the puzzle. See combination-lock. Rebounding lock, 
a gun-lock provided with a device whereby the hammer 
of the lock, after striking the nipple, is immediately thrown 
back Into the half-cock position. Reversible lock, a 
lock of which the latch-bolt may be turned over, so as to 
cause the beveled side to face in either direction, thus al- 
lowing the application of the lock Indifferently to either 
side of a door. Roman lock, a lock having a simple holt 
with a binder-spring to hold the bolt in any position In 
which It Is placed, until a force is applied strong enough 
to overcome the spring. Rural lock, a cheap kind of 
lock with a wooden case. E. H. Knight. Scandinavian 
lock, aform of lock for fastening hasps upon staples. Both 
arms of the bow are withdrawn from the lock when It Is 
opened. Seal-lock, a lock which, when locked, cannot 
be opened without breaking a seal, thus indicating whether 
it has or has not been tampered with : used for freight-cars, 
mall-hags, express companies' Inclosures, custom-house 
purposes, etc. One of the most effective seal-locks has 
means for attaching a small square of variegated glass over 
the keyhole In such a manner that the square cannot be 
removed except by breaking. A photograph of the glass 
seal previously taken IB a complete check on any attempt 
to substitute another for it, as the pattern of streak and 
color in each seal is entirely fortuitous, and different 
from any other. Time-lock, a lock in which, when 
locked, the bolt is held by a stop-plate or other detaining 
device so that it cannot be unlocked before the expiration 
of a given time. The stop is controlled by clockwork In 
such manner that it disengages the holt only at the time 
for which it has been previously adjusted by mechanism 
analogous to that of an alarm-clock. --To be at lock, to 
be In a difficulty. JlaUiii-ett. [Prov. Eng.] Yale lock. 
a safety-lock in which is used, in place of wards, a special 
form of pin tumbler admitting of a great variety of com- 
binations, so that the chance of opening the lock except 
with the right key is rendered very small. The key is flat 
or corrugated in longitudinal lines, and the key-opening 
in the lock is very small, to guard against the use of false 
keys or the blowing In of powder for exploding the lock. 
(See also cane-lock, check-lode.) 
lock 1 (lok), . [< ME. locken, lokken (= Icel. loka, 
also lykja = 8w. lycka = Dan. lukke), lock; a 
secondary form, after the noun lock, taking the 
place, in mod. E., of the orig. strong verb re- 
maining in the E. dial, louk, < ME. louken, low- 
ken (pret. lee, pi. luken, pp. loken), < AS. lucan 
(pret. ledc, pi. Ineon, pp. locen), shut, close, 
fasten (also in comp. a-tucan, separate, btlucan, 
ge-lucan, shut, fasten, onlucan, unlucan, unlock, 
to-lucnn, unlock), = OS. Kkan (in comp. bi-Iu- 
kan, lock, ant-litknn, unlock) = OFries. luka, 
luika, loka = D. luikeu = OHG. lukhan, MHG. 
luchen = Icel. teka, shut, close, = Goth, 'lukan, 
in comp. ga-lfikan, close, shut up, us-lukan, un- 
lock. Hence lock 1 , ., locket, etc.] I. trans. 
1. To close; shut; now, specifically, to close 
and fasten by means of a lock and key : as, to 
lock a door or a trunk. 
They wanne with moche woo the walles wlthlnne, 
Mene lepen to anone and lokkeden the gates. 
MS. Cott Califf. A. ii., f. 115. (llnllhr.ll.) 
And went unto the dore 
To enter in, but found it locked fast. 
Spenxr, F. (J., HI. ill. 27. 
2. To fasten so as to impede motion: as, to 
lock a wheel. 
Loktn In every llth. Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 55. 
3. To shut (up) or confine with or as if with a 
lock, or in an inclosed place; close or fasten 
(in) : with up or in. 
Do you lock your self up from me, to make my Search 
more curious? Cangreve, Way of the World, IT. 5. 
Then seek to know those things which make us blest, 
And having found them, lock them in thy breast. 
Sir f, Dcnhani, Prudence. 
A still salt pool, lock'd in with bars of sand. 
Tennymn, Palace of Art 
4. To close or make fast; press closely to- 
gether, as separate portions; fix steadfastly or 
immovably : as, the streams are locked by ice. 
