Part 6613

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Locket</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>loquet</ets> latch, dim. of OF. <ets>loc</ets> latch, lock; of German origin. See <er>Lock</er> a fastening.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.</def>

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

<hw>Lock" hos"pi*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Lockjaw</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"jaw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.</def>

<h1>Lockless</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of a lock.</def>

<h1>Lockman</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A public executioner.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Lockout</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"out`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lockram</h1> <Xpage=864>

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

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Locksmith</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"smith`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.</def>

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

<hw>Lock" step`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. 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.</def>

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

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

<h1>Lockup</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"up`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.</def>

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

<hw>Lock"-weir`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.</def>