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  [hawrn] /hɔrn/ noun 1. one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes. 2. a similar growth, sometimes of hair, as the median horn or horns on the snout of the rhinoceros, or […]

• Lock-in

  [lok-in] /ˈlɒkˌɪn/ noun 1. an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid. 2. commitment, binding, or restriction. noun 1. an illegal session of selling alcohol in a bar after the time when it should, by law, be closed standard When an existing standard becomes almost impossible to supersede because of the cost or […]

• Locking-piece

  noun, Horology. 1. (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.

• Locking-plate

  noun, Horology. 1. a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.

• Locking-pliers

  noun, (usually used with a plural verb) 1. pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.

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