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• Lock-jaw

  [lok-jaw] /ˈlɒkˌdʒɔ/ noun, Pathology. 1. tetanus in which the become firmly together; trismus. /ˈlɒkˌdʒɔː/ noun 1. (pathol) a nontechnical name for trismus, tetanus n. also lockjaw, 1786, earlier locked-jaw (1765), popular name for trismus, also applied to tetanus, from lock (v.) + jaw. lockjaw lock·jaw (lŏk’jô’) n. noun : McKellen’s Richard, his defects minimized and […]

• Lock-nut

  noun, Machinery. 1. a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw. 2. Also called jam nut. a thin supplementary nut screwed down upon a regular nut to prevent its loosening.

• Locknut

  noun, Machinery. 1. a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw. 2. Also called jam nut. a thin supplementary nut screwed down upon a regular nut to prevent its loosening. /ˈlɒkˌnʌt/ noun 1. a supplementary nut screwed down upon a primary […]

• Lock on to

  verb 1. (intransitive, adverb) + preposition. (of a radar beam) to automatically follow (a target)

• Lockout

  [lok-out] /ˈlɒkˌaʊt/ noun 1. the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer’s terms. n. also lock-out, “act of locking out workers,” 1854, from lock (v.) + out. The withholding of work from employees and closing down of a plant […]

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