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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. Shak.

. A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [Eng.]

. 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.

. 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.

A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.