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111air lock — noun a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure • Syn: ↑airlock • Hypernyms: ↑chamber * * * noun 1. : an air space with two airtight doors or openings for permitting entrance to or exit from a sealed off space under… …
112Percussion lock — Percussion Per*cus sion, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: The… …
113Marple Lock Flight — is a flight of sixteen canal locks, situated on the Peak Forest Canal in Marple, near Stockport. History Whilst the rest of the canal was opened to navigation by 1796, insufficient money was available to complete the necessary flight of locks to… …
114(a) lock of hair — a lock of hair phrase a small piece of hair from someone’s head She cut off a lock of his hair and put it under her pillow. Thesaurus: general words for hair and amounts of hairhyponym Main entry: lock …
115(the) Rape of the Lock — The Rape of the Lock [The Rape of the Lock] a long humorous poem (1712) by Alexander Pope, about a man who cuts off a small piece of a woman’s hair (= a lock). Pope describes this rather unimportant act in grand and elegant language, which gives… …
116air lock — n 1.) a small room used for moving between two places that do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft 2.) a small amount of air in a pipe that stops liquid flowing through it …
117hem|lock — «HEHM lok», noun. 1. a poisonous plant with spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and small, white flowers; poison hemlock. It belongs to the parsley family and was formerly used in medicine as a powerful sedative. 2. a poison made from it: »A… …
118Communication in small groups — is interpersonal communication within groups of between 3 and 20 individuals.[1] This generally takes place in a context that mixes interpersonal interactions with social clustering. Contents 1 Group communication 1.1 Linear phase model …
119Nut lock — Nut Nut (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …
120Spring lock — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …
