Part 6611

<h1>Lochan</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Loch"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. See 1st <er>Loch</er>.]</ety> <def>A small lake; a pond.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>A pond or <b>lochan</b> rather than a lake. <i>H. Miller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loche</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Loche</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Loach</er>.</def>

<h1>Lochia</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo*chi"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, pl., fr. <?/ belonging to childbirth, <?/ a lying in, childbirth.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.</def>

<h1>Lochial</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lochial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the lochia.</def>

<h1>Lock</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>locc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lok</ets>, G. <ets>locke</ets>, OHG. loc, Icel. <ets>lokkr</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <?/ to bend, twist.]</ety> <def>A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.</def>

<blockquote>These gray <b>locks</b>, the pursuivants of death. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lock</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>loc</ets> inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. <ets>l&umac;can</ets> to lock, fasten; akin to OS. <ets>l&umac;kan</ets> (in comp.), D. <ets>luiken</ets>, OHG. <ets>l&umac;hhan</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<?/ka</ets>, Goth. <ets>l&umac;kan</ets> (in comp.); cf. Skr. <ets>ruj</ets> to break. Cf. <er>Locket</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.</def>

<blockquote>Albemarle Street closed by a <b>lock</b> of carriages. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also <altname>lift lock</altname>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; <as>as, a match<ex>lock</ex>, flint<ex>lock</ex>, percussion <ex>lock</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A device for keeping a wheel from turning.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A grapple in wrestling.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Detector lock</col>, <cd>a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.</cd> -- <col>Lock bay</col> <fld>(Canals)</fld>, <cd>the body of water in a lock chamber.</cd> -- <col>Lock chamber</col>, <cd>the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.</cd> -- <col>Lock nut</col>. <cd>See <cref>Check nut</cref>, under <er>Check</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lock plate</col>, <cd>a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.</cd> -- <col>Lock rail</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.</cd> <col>Lock rand</col> <fld>(Masonry)</fld>, <cd>a range of bond stone. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Mortise lock</col>, <cd>a door lock inserted in a mortise.</cd> -- <col>Rim lock</col>, <cd>a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a <cref>mortise lock</cref>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lock</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Locked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Locking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; <as>as, to <ex>lock</ex> a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with <ptcl>up</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>lock</ex> or <ex>lock up</ex>, a house, jail, room, trunk</as>. etc.</def>