Definition of Lock

Lock
Used in the context of general equities. Make a market both ways (bid and offer) either on the bid, offering, or an in between price only. Locking on the offering is done to attract a seller, since the trader is willing to pay (and ask) the offering side when others only ask it. Locking on the bid side attracts buyers for similar reasons. Typically, sell side requires a plus tick to comply with short sale rules.

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An enclosure in a water body with gates at each end to raise or lower water vessels as they pass from one level to another. (DOI4)

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An enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level.

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Lock
(v. t.)
To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
  
(v. t.)
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
  
(v. t.)
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
  
(v. t.)
To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
  
(v. i.)
To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
  
(n.)
The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
  
(n.)
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
  
(n.)
A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
  
(n.)
A grapple in wrestling.
  
(n.)
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
  
(n.)
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
  

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Noun
1. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(hyponym) combination lock
(part-holonym) gate
(part-meronym) bolt, deadbolt
2. a strand or cluster of hair
(synonym) curl, ringlet, whorl
(hypernym) hair
(hyponym) sausage curl
(part-holonym) hairdo, hair style, coiffure
3. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
(hypernym) mechanism
(part-holonym) firearm, piece, small-arm
4. enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
(synonym) lock chamber
(hypernym) enclosure
(part-holonym) canal
5. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
(synonym) ignition lock
(hypernym) restraint, constraint
(part-holonym) ignition switch
6. any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
(hypernym) wrestling hold
(hyponym) hammerlock
(derivation) interlock

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Verb
1. fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
(antonym) unlock
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) padlock
(see-also) lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
2. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
(synonym) engage, mesh, operate
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) throw, flip, switch
3. become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
(antonym) unlock
(hypernym) engage
4. hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
(synonym) interlock, interlace
(hypernym) hold, take hold
5. become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
(synonym) interlock
(hypernym) embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
6. hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
(hypernym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
7. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
(synonym) lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
(hypernym) confine
8. pass by means through a lock in a waterway
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(derivation) lock chamber
9. build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
(hypernym) construct, build, make
(derivation) lock chamber

Lock stock and barrel
Meaning
The whole thing.
Origin
From the parts that constitute a flintlock rifle.

Bog locks
(pl. n., WA) - long locks of hair as worn by bogans; Bev curls

Curly locks
socks

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short for dredlocks

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\lock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. locked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. locking.]
1. 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.
2. to prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
3. to fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
4. to link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. " lock hand in hand."
5. (canals) to furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
6. (fencing) to seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
lock
\lock\ (?), n. [as. locc; akin to d. lok, g. locke, ohg. loc, icel. lokkr, and perh. to gr. &?; to bend, twist.] a tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. these gray locks, the pursuivants of death.
lock
\lock\, n. [as. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. lūcan to lock, fasten; akin to os. lūkan (in comp.), d. luiken, ohg. lūhhan, icel. l&?;ka, goth. lūkan (in comp.); cf. skr. ruj to break. cf. locket.] 1. 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.
2. a fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. albemarle street closed by a lock of carriages.
3. a place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
4. the barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
5. 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.
6. that part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
7. a device for keeping a wheel from turning.
8. a grapple in wrestling.

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 stock lock 
 permutation lock 
 tide lock 
 lock step 
 lock stitch 
 hip lock 
 wood lock 
 lock chamber 
 double-lock 
 lock bay 
 lock away 
 rebounding lock 
 vapor lock 
 lift lock 
 lever lock 
 lock up 
 lock nut 
 seal lock 
 lock in 
 vapour lock 
 lock hospital 
 lock rand 
 nut lock 
 scandinavian lock 
 lock rail 
 lock plate 
 guard lock 
 janus-faced lock 
 lock out 
 mortise lock 
 ignition lock 
 lock-in 
 spring lock 
 detector lock 
 letter lock 
 pin lock 
 canal lock 
 lock-up option 
 jail lock 
 lock-weir 
 tail of a lock 
 snap lock 
 rim lock 
 hoop lock 
 clasp lock 
 dial lock 
 lock-gate 
 cannon lock 
 window lock 
 air lock 
 reversible lock 
 lock washer 
 sash lock 
 lock-down 
 wheel lock 
 time lock 
 to lock into 

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Amgud
Amgud = n. a curly lock

Clo
Clo = n. lock, close; knob

Cloi
Cloi = v. to close, to lock

Cudyn
Cudyn = n. a lock, as of hair

Cynghloi
Cynghloi = v. to lock together

Tweg
Tweg = n. a lock of hair

Lock
To dream of a lock, denotes bewilderment. If the lock works at your command, or efforts, you will discover that some person is working you injury. If you are in love, you will find means to aid you in overcoming a rival; you will also make a prosperous journey.

If the lock resists your efforts, you will be derided and scorned in love and perilous voyages will bring to you no benefit.

To put a lock upon your fiance'e's neck and arm, foretells that you are distrustful of her fidelity, but future episodes will disabuse your mind of doubt.
  

Cleithrophobia
Fear of being locked in an enclosed place
Also known as Cleisiophobia

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The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used, and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an opening in the outside (Judg. 3:24). (See KEY.) Lock of hair (Judg. 16:13, 19; Ezek. 8:3; Num. 6:5, etc.).

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Where European locks have not been introduced, the locks of eastern houses are usually of wood, and consist of a partly hollow bolt from fourteen inches to two feet long for external doors or gates, or from seven to nine inches for interior doors. The bold passes through a groove in a piece attached to the door into a socket in the door-post.
  

Lock
A fastening device. See air lock , steering lock , and vapor lock .

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A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section.

Lock
For marine purposes: A space, enclosed at the sides by walls and at each end by gates, by which a vessel can be floated up or down to a different level.

Lock
Primarily on vert. To catch the back wheels or truck on coping as the board reenters the ramp. Indicates the board stopped dead, or locked.

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A tight cross of the feet in 1st or 2nd position

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- Variable in class java.io.Reader 
protected Object lock
The object used to synchronize operations on this stream. For efficiency, a character-stream object may use an object other than itself to protect critical sections. A subclass should therefore use the object in this field rather than this or a synchronized method.

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- Variable in class java.io.Writer 
protected Object lock
The object used to synchronize operations on this stream. For efficiency, a character-stream object may use an object other than itself to protect critical sections. A subclass should therefore use the object in this field rather than this or a synchronized method.

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A restriction on access to a resource in a multiuser environment. SQL Server locks users out of a specific row, column, or file automatically to maintain security or prevent concurrent data modification problems.

Lock
To prevent data from being edited, discarded or renamed, or to prevent entire banks or disks from being altered.

Lock
Slang for a "sure thing" winner.

Lock (n.)
klachek

Lock (v.)
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lock
(n) Short for dredlocks.

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Easy winner, can not lose

Lock
A sure winner.

lock
(n) Short for dredlocks.

Lock (noun & verb)
The right hand, holding an imaginary key, twists it in the open left palm, which is facing right.

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