lock 
The lende lystened full wel, that leg in his bedde, 
Thaj he loirka his liddez, ful lyttel he slepes. 
Sir Gairnyne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2007. 
She lock'd her lips: she left me where I stood. 
3498 
lock-plate 
5. To join or unite firmly, as by ir 
interlinking, or infolding: as, to lock arms. 
Lock hand in hand; yourself in order set. 
Shak., M. W. of W., v. 5. 81. 
6. To embrace closely ; infold. 
Lock'd in each other's arms we stood. 
M. Arnold, Poems, II. 87. 
7. To furnish with a lock. 
His locked, letter'd, braw brass collar 
Show'd him the gentleman and scholar. 
Burns, The T~ "" 
8. In fencing to seize, as the sword-arm 01 an ~ cl= ;; ^.~ ^ j-j^fc- aUo called lok i 
antagonist, by turning the left arm round it, O rig n obscure ; cf. OP. lochc, a dew-snail 
&JS&?&rgy^&Si (Cotgrave 8 ).] A woodUouse. HameU. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
Locchester. wyrm, idem quod lokedore infra [var. loccei- 
der to disarm him. 9. To shut out; prevent 
from gaining access (to). 
Is there who, lock'd from ink and paper, scrawls 
With desperate charcoal round his darken'd walls? 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 19. lock-Cramp (lok' kramp), n. 
10. To enable to pass through a lock, as in a 
canal. See lock*, n., 8. 
. 
Vessels are locked down from the sea into the [North lock-down (lok'doun), n. A contrivance used 
Holland] c^nal JSncyc Brit., IV. 788. by lumbermen for fastening logs together m 
Locked law. Same as lockjaw. To lock out, to close rafting. [American.] 
s or doors against; specifically, in labor-disputes, Locke level. S66UMV-. 
An obsolete strong past partlclple of 
of a latch, or made by Lockian (lok'i-an), a. and n [< Locke (see def.) 
other lock ng device to +-.] I. . Of or pertaining to John Locke, 
>f a lock. one of the greatest of English metaphysicians 
( 1632 -1704 ). His chief work, the starting-point of mod- 
ern philosophy, is "An Essay concerning Humane [Hu- 
man! Understanding" (1690). He there takes the position 
a novel one in his time, in the elaborate form in which 
he held it that the theory of cognition must be the basis 
of philosophy ; and he accordingly devotes this treatise to 
an inquiry " into the original, certainty, and extent of hu- 
mane knowledge, together with the grounds and degrees 
of belief opinion, and assent." In the first book he ar- 
gues against the existence of innate ideas, and maintains 
that all knowledge is derived from experience, namely 
from sensation, the external, or reflection, the internal 
mode of experience. In the second book he undertakes 
a survey of all our elementary ideas, analyzing and criti- 
cizing each. He also treats of the origin of true and false 
ideas ; and has an important chapter on the association of 
ideas, a phrase due to him. The third book analyzes the 
functions of language. The fourth treats of knowledge 
and probability. Every question of philosophy is touched 
upon in the course of the work. Leibnitz in 1704 wrote an 
extended running commentary of a hostile character on 
Locke's work, entitled "Nouveaux essais sur 1'entende- 
ter or lokcester]. Prompt. Pan., p. 310. me jj ^ m A 'f o ll owe r of John Locke. Also Lockist. 
.^. A tool used to Lockianism (lok'i-an-izm), n. [< Lockian .+ 
hold back the spring in putting together the .i sm ,'] The philosophical doctrines of John 
parts of a gun-lock. 
forming the function 
means of a spring or 
perform the function of a 
lock-bond, n. See lock-ba 
lock-chain (lok'chSn), n. 1. A chain used to 
lock the wheels of a vehicle by securing the 
rim to some part which does not rotate ; also, 
a chain which secures to the vehicle a skid- 
plate on which the wheel rides during a de- 
scent. 2. A chain used to fasten a padlock to 
a door or gate. 
lock-chamber (lok'cham"ber), H. In canals, 
the area of a lock inclosed by the side-walls 
and gates. 
lockchest (lok'chest), n. Same as lockchester. 
th;;word:arm"of^ lockchesteraok'ches-ter),^ [<ME. 
Locke. 
Th Treatise ,, a re ductio ad absurdum of the principles 
of LocManiml . Encyc. Brit., XXI. 383. 
lockin gowan. See qowan. 
aok'ing-pal"et), II. In chro- 
(a) To close or fasten by or as if by locking: as, to lock up ."9*1, /i nt /A,\ r/ MI? Inl-ere irrpc 
an empty or unoccupied house; to lock up a form of type locker 1 (lok er), w. |_< MJfc Mheie, irreg 
(that is, to fasten it securely in a chase by driving up or ( = D. loker), a close receptacle ; < lock 1 - - 
tightening the quoins). (b) To confine ; restrain or secure 
by locking or fastening in : as, to lock up a prisoner; to 
locure 
_ (7 ^ locki~+ -er 1 .] 
One who or that which locks up. 2. A 
close receptacle, as a chest, a drawer, a com- 
nottTbeVvailabieforuse'rasVhis'moneywasJ^ed^in partment, or a cupboard, that may be closed 
unprofitable enterprises. 
II. in trans. 1. To become fast; admit of be- 
ing fastened or locked: as, the door will not 
lock. 2. To unite closely by mutual insertion 
of parts. 
Either they lock into each other, or slip one upon an- 
other's surface. Boyle. 
lock 2 (lok), u. [< ME. lok (pi. lockes, lokkes), < 
AS. locc (pi. loccas), a lock of hair, = OS. loeka 
= OFries. lok = D. lok = OHG. loc (pi. locchd), 
MHG. loc (pi. locke), G. locke, a curl or ringlet, 
= Icel. lokkr = Sw. lock = Dan. lok (not re- 
corded in Goth.), a lock of hair; orig. perhaps 
'a curl': cf. Icel. lykkr, a loop, bend, crook; 
Gr. "Avyof, a pliant twig, Jwyafbv, Avyi&iv. bend, where shot are deposited, 
twist, hvyqpof, flexible.] 1. A tuft of hair or locker 2 (lok'er), . 
wool ; anything resembling such a tuft ; a tress ; curl; prob. < Zo<* 2 .] _. 
used absolutely in the plural, hair collectively. II. trans. To entangle; mat together. 
With him ther was his sone, a yong Squyer, . . . liwdl. [North. Eng.] 
With MMres crulle as they wereleyd in presse. lockeramt, n. See lockram. 
company of men, as on board a ship or In a regimental 
armory. 
Also there ys ij locures of iij quarterys of a yard long 
ffull of bonys of Innocentis whyche kyng Herrodys slew. 
Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 9. 
3. A recess or niche near an altar in some 
Roman Catholic churches, intended as a de- 
pository for water, oil, etc Boatswain's locker 
fnoutA a chest in which are kept tools and small stuff for siroKE 
rigging. Chain locker, (a) See chain-locker. (6) A bar- liOCKlSt (lok 1st), . 
roomorgroggery. Macy. [Naut. slang.] Davy Jones's ian) + -is/.] Sami 
escapement, a tooth, usually a jewel, of the 
detent which engages successively the teeth 
of the scape-wheel, the detent being caused 
to disengage by the action of the balance, and 
to reengage the next tooth by the action of a 
spring. 
locking-plate (lok'ing-plat), n. 1 . In a vehicle, 
the wear-iron or guard placed on the perch to 
prevent injury from the forward wheels in turn- 
ing short; a rub-plate. In a gun-carriage it is a thin 
flat piece of iron nailed on the sides to prevent the wood 
from wearing away, and serving as a point of attachment 
for the locking chain. 
2. A nut-lock. 3. In a clock, the count-wheel 
or notched disk which controls the number of 
strokes of the striking mechanism. 
[< Locke (see def. of Lock- 
Same as Lockian. 
In pathol., tetanus; tris- 
locker. see Davy Jones. Not a shot In the locker lockiaw (lok'ia), . 
(naut.), not a penny in the pocket Shot-locker (naut.), \~~~^ q^ tft,int,<t 
a strong frame of plank near the pump-well in the hold mus. _ee tetan us. 
lock-keeper (lok ke"per), n. 1 . One who tends 
[< ME. lokkeren, lokren, a lock on a canal or stream. 2. The box on a 
I. intrans. If. To curl. door-jamb into which the bolt of a lock pro- 
Hal- trades when shot. Car-Builder's Diet. 
lock-lanyard (lok'lan'yard), n. See lanyard, 
1(6). 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. si. J oc ter-up (lok'er-up'), n. One who locks up ; lockman (lok'man), n. ; pi. lockmen (-men). It. 
Chloe, those locks of raven hair 
Some people say you dye them black ; 
But that's a libel, I can swear, 
For I know where you buy them black. 
Greek Anthology, tr. by Lord Neaves. 
Such long locks had she that with knee to chin 
She might have wrapped and warmed her feet therein. 
Swinburne, Two Dreams. 
2. A tuft or small quantity, as of hay or some 
similar substance; a small quantity of any- 
thing; a handful; specifically, in Scots law, the 
perquisite of the servant in a mill, consisting 
of a quantity of meal, regulated by the custom 
of the mill. 
For so good clothes ne're lay in stable 
Upon a lock of hay. 
Bp. Corbet, Journey into France. 
I take it on me as a thing of mine office [of miller] to 
maintain my right of multure, lock, and goupen. 
Scott, Monastery, xiii. 
What mean the gladness of the plain, 
The mirth that shakes the beard of grain, 
This joy of eve and morn, 
And yellow locks of corn? 
Whittier, The Battle Autumn of 1862. 
3. A love-lock. 
And one Deformed is one of them: I know him; a' 
wears a lork. Shak., Much Ado, ill. :t. 183. 
Cen. He has an exceeding good eye, madam. 
Mat!. And a very good lock. B. Jonson, Epicojne, iy. 2. 
French, lock. Same as love-lock. 
lockage (lok'ilj), n. [< lock 1 + -age.'] 1. Ma- 
terials for locks in a canal or stream; works 
which form a lock. 2. Toll paid for passing 
a lock in a stream, as the Thames in England. 
3. Elevation or amount of elevation and de- 
scent made by the locks of a canal. 
lock-band, lock-bond (lok' band, -bond), H . In 
masonry, a course of bond-stones. 
specifically, a jailer or turnkey. 
locket (lok'et), n. [< F. loquet (= It. hicchetto), 
a fastening, dim. of loque, loc, a lock, of LG. ori- 
gin: see lock 1 , .] If. A small lock; a catch 
or spring to fasten a necklace or other orna- 
men t. 2. A little hinged case worn as <in or- 
nament, often pendent to a necklace or watch- 
guard, designed to contain a miniature por- 
trait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake. 3. 
That part of a sword-scabbard where the hook 
is fastened, usually a mounting of metal, se- 
cured to or inclosing the scabbard at a point 
much nearer to the mouth than to the chape. 
lockfast (lok'fast), a. 
tened by some locking 
press, nut, etc. [Chiefly Scotch.] 
lock-faucet (lok'fa/set), re. Any form of faucet 
requiring a key to open it. 
lock-gate (lok'gat), re. A gate for opening or 
closing a lock in a canal, or sometimes in a 
river. The gates at the ends of the lock-chamber are 
called respectively the head- and the tail-gate, or the up- 
per and the lower gate. 
lock-hatch (lok'hach), n. The sluice-board or 
sliding gate in a sluiceway. E. H. Knight. 
If. A keyhole. 
f- ^ 
A public executioner: so called because one of 
his dues was a lock or ladleful of meal from 
every caskful exposed for sale in the market. 
Imp. Diet. 2. An officer in the Isle of Man 
who executes the orders of the governor, much 
like an under-sheriff. 
The Constable, Coroners, oiLockman [Guilley-gliash, an 
officer answering to a constable in England, whose busi- 
ness it is to serve summonses, etc.] of such other Parish is 
for the first Time to warne and require such Beggars back 
to their own Parish. 
Statute of 1664, quoted in Burton-Turner's Vagrants and 
[Vagrancy, p. 446. 
lock-nail (lok'nal), . Same as hammer-nail. 
Secured or firmly fas- l oc fc. nu t (lok 'nut), re. A supplementary nut 
'"I, as a door, chest, scr ewed down upon another to prevent it from 
shaking loose ; a jam-nut, check-nut, or pinch- 
nut. E. H. Knight. Compare nut-lock. 
lockout (lok'out), n. The act of excluding a 
person or persons from a place by locking it up ; 
the condition of such exclusion . Specifically (a) 
The exclusion of a teacher by his pupils, in sport or rebel- 
lion, or of pupils by their teacher, by way of discipline. 
(&) A refusal on the part of an employer to furnish work 
to his employees in a body, intended as a means of coer- 
cion. See strike. 
When capitalists refuse to grant so large a proportion 
of the product for labor as the laborers have heretofore 
received, and will not continue to supply capital on any 
terms which laborers will accept, the result is a lockout. 
N. A. Kev., CXLI1I. 319. 
Lockmaben Harper (Child's Ballads, VI. 9). 
, the recess into which the 
/i i.j,-v\ A ^i ,r 
m * Cached to Ck H so that U lock-piece (lok'pes) 
8 P8 ' 
lock-paddle (lok'pad"!), n. A small sluice that 
( serves to fill or empty a lock. 
ed 
1. In mining, a piece 
of timber used "in supporting the workings. 
2. In gun., a lug for the attachment of a gun- 
lock, formed on the rear part of the barrel, 
uear the vent, in guns of the older varieties. 
sails, and for bending balloon-sails to stays in yachts. 
Lock hospital. See hospital. 
lock-bay (lok'ba), . The space of water in- lock-house (Ipk'hous), . A house in which a lock-plate (lok'pliit), H. The metal plate on the 
closed between the gates of a lock. lock-keeper lives. side of a small-arm which supports the mecha- 
lock-bolt (lok'bolt), M. A bolt set in action by A red ;<*./,, covered with creepers. nism of the lock and protects it from dust and 
a knob on one or both sides of a door, thus per- The Century, XXXVIII. 492. injury. 
