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Locking
- verb - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
- become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
- hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
- hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
- keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- the act of locking something up to protect it
Lockjaw
- noun - 2. Alternative name for Tetanus
- an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
Lockman
- noun - a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
Lockmen
- noun - a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
Locknut
- noun - supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening
Lockout
- noun - a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
Lockram
- - A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany.
Lockups
- noun - jail in a local police station
- the act of locking something up to protect it
Lockyer
- unknown - Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer KCB FRS (17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen, he is credited with discovering the gas helium.
Locoism
- noun - a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis