Gunlock: alternatives and connections

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside o…

To lock, or fasten as with a lock.

A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board…

The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A…

A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…

The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.

The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished…

A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.

The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.

A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.