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  • 11lock — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a mechanism for fastening a door, lid, etc., with a bolt that requires a key of a particular shape, or a combination of movements (see combination lock), to work it. 2 a confined section of a canal or river where the level can be… …

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  • 12lock — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fastening device ADJECTIVE ▪ combination, cylinder, deadbolt (esp. AmE), mortise, Yale™ (BrE) ▪ The hotels replaced their mortise locks on guest rooms with magnetic card readers …

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  • 13box — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ rectangular, square ▪ upturned (esp. BrE) ▪ They were sitting around the fire on upturned boxes. ▪ empty ▪ …

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  • 14Lock bypass — A lock bypass is a technique in lockpicking, of defeating a lock through unlatching the underlying locking mechanism without operating the lock at all. It is commonly used on devices such as combination locks, where there is no natural access… …

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  • 15lock — [OE] English has two words lock. The one meaning ‘fastening mechanism’ goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *luk or *lūk , denoting ‘close’, which also produced German loch ‘hole’ and Swedish lock ‘lid’. Closely related are locker [15] …

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  • 16lock — [OE] English has two words lock. The one meaning ‘fastening mechanism’ goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *luk or *lūk , denoting ‘close’, which also produced German loch ‘hole’ and Swedish lock ‘lid’. Closely related are locker [15] …

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  • 17Lock Up (film) — Infobox Film name = Lock Up |230px|Lock Up Movie Poster writer = Richard Smith and Jeb Stuart and Henry Rosenbaum starring = Sylvester Stallone Donald Sutherland John Amos Darlanne Fluegel Frank McRae Sonny Landham Tom Sizemore Larry Romano… …

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  • 18Lock and Key — Infobox Book name = Lock and Key title orig = image caption = translator = author = Sarah Dessen cover artist = country = United States language = English genre = Young adult publisher = Viking Children’s Books release date = April 22, 2008 media …

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  • 19box staple — noun : the box for the bolt of a lock * * * (on a doorpost) a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed. [1875 80] …

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  • 20lock turtle — noun or lock tortoise : box tortoise …

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