Totten.
Locket
(Lock"et) n. [F. loquet latch, dim. of OF. loc latch, lock; of German origin. See Lock a fastening.]
1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
2. A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
Lock hospital
(Lock" hos"pi*tal) A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [Eng.]
Lockjaw
(Lock"jaw`) n. (Med.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a
variety of tetanus.
Lockless
(Lock"less), a. Destitute of a lock.
Lockman
(Lock"man) n. A public executioner. [Scot.]
Lockout
(Lock"out`) n. The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring
the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
Lockram
(Lock"ram) n. [F. locrenan, locronan; from Locronan, in Brittany, where it is said to have been
made.] A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak.
Locksmith
(Lock"smith`) n. An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
Lock step
(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.
Lock stitch
(Lock" stitch`) A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in
the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.
Lockup
(Lock"up`) n. A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Lock-weir
(Lock"-weir`) n. A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
Locky
(Lock"y) a. Having locks or tufts. [R.] Sherwood.
Loco
(||Lo"co) adv. [It.] (Mus.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after
having played an octave higher.
Loco
(Lo"co), n. [Sp. loco insane.] (Bot.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern
United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also
given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
Locofoco
(Lo`co*fo"co) n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according to
Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834
