adj
Designed to prevent lock picking.
v
To furnish with battens.
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(locksmithing) The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.
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The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
v
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
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(also figuratively) An accessory that can be bolted on or otherwise attached.
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(historical) A kind of high-security axial wafer lock.
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(mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
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A lockpicking tool in the form of a key of the type generally used to open a lock, on which all pins have been cut down to the lowest position, so that striking this key sharply with a hammer while applying turning force at just the right instant after the impact will 'bump' open a lock.
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A type of lock (for knives, and other tools, of folding or collapsing type) in which the lock is released with the press of a button, usually on the side of the handle; such a lock often allows the tool to be locked closed as well as locked open.
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A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
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A lock shaped like an elongated letter D, used to secure an unattended bicycle to railings etc.
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The part of the lock which is moved when the key is engaged.
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A kind of latch whose bolt may be locked by a detent so that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
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Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
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That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
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(locksmithing) A tool used to remove the core from a pin-tumbler lock without causing the driver pins and springs to fall out.
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(metonymically) A knife or other tool with such a lock.
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In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
v
To fasten in place with a gib.
v
(transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
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Alternative form of hand crank [A crank that is turned manually]
n
A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
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A fixture or attachment intended to prevent direct contact between two objects.
n
A kind of cast-iron padlock.
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A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism; a slim jim.
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A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
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A bed or groove to receive a key which prevents one mechanical part from turning on another.
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(engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
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A joint lock directed at the ankle, knee, or hip joint.
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An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
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(metonymically) A knife or other tool with such a lock.
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(firearms) The firing mechanism.
v
To use tools to unlock locks without a key, to pick locks.
v
Alternative spelling of lock pick [To use tools to unlock locks without a key, to pick locks.]
n
(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
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Alternative spelling of lock pick [Any device used to unlock a lock without the use of a key.]
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A person or device that lockpicks or picks locks.
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The hardware and components making up the locking or latching mechanism for a door, etc.
v
(military, transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers
n
An electromagnetic lock.
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(locksmithing) A lock that requires a pocket (the mortise) to be cut into the edge of the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted.
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(locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
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A pair of nippers for turning a key in a keyhole from the outside.
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A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
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A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
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(dated) combination lock
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A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
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A device designed to pick locks.
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A latching device that prevents accidental activation of a dangerous event; an interlock.
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A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
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A lock that fastens by means of a spring.
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A kind of padlock that snaps itself shut.
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Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
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A pivoted handle of any utensil, especially a bail or other arched handle.
v
(transitive) To set a tripwire mechanism in (a location).
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A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
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The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
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