Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Dew-point (n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts |
Dust-point (n.) An old rural game. |
Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
Lock (n.) A tuft of hair |
Lock (n.) Anything that fastens |
Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing |
Lock (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. |
Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. |
Lock (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 |
Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded |
Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning. |
Lock (n.) A grapple in wrestling. |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock |
Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks |
Lock (v. t.) To link together |
Lock (v. t.) To furnish with locks |
Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. |
Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing |
Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting |
Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. |
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 () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch. |
Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber. |
Point (v. t. & i.) To appoint. |
Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces |
Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others |
Point (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape |
Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle |
Point (n.) An indefinitely small space |
Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time |
Point (n.) A mark of punctuation |
Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree |
Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character |
Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. |
Point (n.) A small matter |
Point (n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time |
Point (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles |
Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |
Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended |
Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. |
Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below) |
Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. |
Point (n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. |
Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle |
Point (n.) A switch. |
Point (n.) An item of private information |
Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. |
Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
point after point after touchdown extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
springboard jumping-off point point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
bluepoint blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
airlock air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
cable railway funicular funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar railway car railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
corner street corner turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
distributor point breaker point point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
dry point | a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate |
dry point | a print produced by dry point engraving |
elevated railway elevated railroad elevated el overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
gros point | needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches |
gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads |
lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
line railway line rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
lock lock chamber | 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 |
lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
parallel bars bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
petit point | needlepoint done with small stitches |
petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
point | sharp end, he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil |
point power point | a wall socket |
point gunpoint | the gun muzzle's direction, he held me up at the point of a gun |
point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
point lace needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
railroad track railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway railroad railroad line railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station railroad station railroad terminal train station train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
safety bolt safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener sash lock window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
spearhead spearpoint spear-point | the head and sharpened point of a spear |