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padlock |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Padlock \Pad"lock`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padlocked}; p. pr & vb n. {Padlocking}.] To fasten with or as with a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. --Milton. Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Padlock \Pad"lock`\, n. [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf {Pad} a path, {Paddler}.] 1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc 2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: padlock n : a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut v : fasten with a padlock
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