Word Meanings - UNLOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest. 2. To open, in general; to lay open; to undo. Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Pope. unlock the spell of sin. J. H. Newman.

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• LOCKOUT
  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.
• GENERALIZED
  Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
• GENERALIZABLE
  Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
• UNLOCK
  1. To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest. 2. To open, in general; to lay open; to undo. Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Pope. unlock the spell of sin. J. H. Newman.
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• LOCKER
  1. One who, or that which, locks. 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. Chain locker , a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Davy Jones's locker, or
• UNFASTEN
  To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
• GENERALTY
  Generality. Sir M. Hale.
• SPELLFUL
  Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.
• CHESTNUT
  The edible nut of a forest tree of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. 2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. 3. A bright brown color, like that
• LOCKET
  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.
• CHESTERLITE
  A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.
• LOCK-WEIR
  A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
• GENERALITY
  1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from
• CHEST FOUNDER
  A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.
• GENERALISSIMO
  The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.
• LOCKAGE
  1. Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks. 2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal. 3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal. The entire lock will be about fifty feet. De Witt Clinton.
• LOCKEN
  of Lock. Chaucer.
• LOCKSMITH
  An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
• SPELLER
  1. One who spells. 2. A spelling book.
• CAUTIONARY BLOCK
  A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.
• LANDLOCK
  To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.
• MAJOR GENERAL
  . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
• HAMMER LOCK
  A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.
• ELFLOCK
  Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.
• BLOCKISH
  Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull. "Blockish Ajax." Shak. -- Block"ish*ly, adv. -- Block"ish*ness, n.
• BLOCKING
  1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. 2. Blocks used to support temporarily.
• WATER CLOCK
  An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• GOLDYLOCKS
  A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.
• TAILBLOCK
  A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
• DOUBLE-LOCK
  To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
• INLOCK
  To lock in, or inclose.
• ORCHESTRAL
  Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
• ORCHESTRIC
  Orchestral.
• BELOCK
  To lock, or fasten as with a lock. Shak.
• BLOCK TIN
  See TIN
• KEDLOCK
  See CHARLOCK