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. A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.

A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]

A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.

Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.

See Lockjaw.

of Lock. Chaucer.

One who, or that which, locks.

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

A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

Destitute of a lock.

A public executioner. [Scot.]

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.

A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak.

An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

Having locks or tufts. [R.] Sherwood.

e. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep, caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, and gradual emaciation.

A friction match. [U.S.]

The act of moving from place to place. " Animal locomotion." Milton.