Vocabulary : Lochial to Locked-jaw
Lochial : Of or pertaining to the lochia.Loci : of Locus
Lock : A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. ;; Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. ;; A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. ;; A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. ;; The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. ;; An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock. ;; That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. ;; A device for keeping a wheel from turning. ;; A grapple in wrestling. ;; To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc
Lock hospital : A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.
Lock step : 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.
