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Lockage
- noun - a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
- a system of locks in a canal or waterway
- passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
Lockbox
- noun - a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
Lockers
- noun - a fastener that locks or closes
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
Lockets
- noun - a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace
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