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  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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