'Lock nut' definitions:

Definition of 'Lock nut'

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]

Definition of 'Lock nut'

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  • Nut \Nut\ (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of 1st Bolt. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. pl. Testicles. [vulgar slang] [PJC]
  • Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
  • Nut buoy. See under Buoy.
  • Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal.
  • Nut crab (Zool.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe.
  • Nut grass (Bot.), See nut grass in the vocabulary.
  • Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring.
  • Nut pine. (Bot.) See under Pine.
  • Nut rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions.
  • Nut tree, a tree that bears nuts.
  • Nut weevil (Zool.), any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lock nut'

From: GCIDE
  • locknut \locknut\, lock nut \lock nut\n. a supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening; a check nut. [WordNet 1.5]

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