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Lock"et (?), n. [F. loquet latch, dim. of OF. loc latch, lock; of German origin. See Lock a fastening.]

1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.

2. A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.

Lock" hos"pi*tal (?). A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [Eng.]

Lock"jaw` (?), n. (Med.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

Lock"less, a. Destitute of a lock.

Lock"man (?), n. A public executioner. [Scot.]

Lock"out` (?), n. The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

Lock"ram (?), n. [F. locrenan, locronan; from Locronan, in Brittany, where it is said to have been made.] A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak.

Lock"smith` (?), n. An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

Lock" step` (?). A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.

Lock" stitch` (?). A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.

Lock"up` (?), n. A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

Lock"-weir` (?), n. A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.

Lock"y (?), a. Having locks or tufts. [R.] Sherwood.

||Lo"co (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) A direction in written or printed music ||to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher. || Lo"co, n. [Sp. loco insane.] (Bot.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

Lo`co*fo"co (?), n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean, self-moving.] 1. A friction match. [U.S.]

2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]

The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.

Lo`co*mo"tion (?), n. [L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See Local, and Motion.] 1. The act of moving from place to place. " Animal locomotion." Milton.

2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.

Lo"co*mo`tive (?), a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See Locomotion.] 1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.

2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.

Lo"co*mo`tive (?), n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. -- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] -- Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above. -- Mogul locomotive. See Mogul.

{ Lo"co*mo`tive*ness (?), Lo`co*mo*tiv"i*ty (?), } n. [Cf. F. locomotivité.] The power of changing place.

Lo`co*mo"tor (?), a. [See Locomotion.] Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.

Locomotor ataxia, or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coördinating voluntary movements.