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Bilbo
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Bit
verb · 78% connection
The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Bolt
verb · 78% connection
To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Cotton
noun · 78% connection
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Deadlatch
noun · 78% connection
A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Deadlock
noun · 78% connection
A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Fasten
adjective · 78% connection
To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Fastening
noun · 78% connection
Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Forelock
noun · 78% connection
A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Gate
noun · 78% connection
In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Hasp
noun · 78% connection
A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Jointed
adjective · 78% connection
Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Keeper
noun · 78% connection
A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Key
noun · 78% connection
An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Ladder
verb · 78% connection
A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Martingal
noun · 78% connection
A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Nut
noun · 78% connection
A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
Open
verb · 78% connection
To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: portable, lock, jointed, pivoted, opened.
