'Lift lock' definitions:

Definition of 'Lift lock'

From: GCIDE
  • Lift \Lift\, n.
  • 1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Help; assistance, as by lifting. Hence: A ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor -- usually in "give a lift" or "got a lift"; as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift into town. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • The goat gives the fox a lift. --L'Estrange.
  • 4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. [Chiefly Brit.] (b) An exercising machine. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. --Saunier. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement. [PJC]
  • Dead lift. See under Dead. --Swift.
  • Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.
  • Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.
  • Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.
  • Lift lock, a canal lock.
  • Lift pump, a lifting pump.
  • Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.
  • Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lift lock'

From: GCIDE
  • Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel. l[=u]ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. Locket.]
  • 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. [1913 Webster]
  • Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.
  • Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
  • Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.
  • Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.
  • Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.
  • Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.
  • Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
  • Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
  • Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock. [1913 Webster]