lock
Webster Dictionary
to fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc
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lock
Webster Dictionary
to fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast
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jumper
Webster Dictionary
spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece
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harquebus
(ˈhɑr kwə bəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
small-caliber long gun operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
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water wheel
Webster Dictionary
any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc
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lock
Webster Dictionary
to prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc
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tumbler
Webster Dictionary
a movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking
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key
(key)
Princeton's WordNet
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
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breasting
Webster Dictionary
the curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel
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mortise lock
(ˈmɔr tɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a lock housed within a mortise in a door, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
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bay
Webster Dictionary
a small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc
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crown wheel
Webster Dictionary
a wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel
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ordinary
(ordinary, ordinary bicycle)
Princeton's WordNet
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
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ordinary bicycle
(ordinary, ordinary bicycle)
Princeton's WordNet
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel
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balance
(balance wheel, balance)
Princeton's WordNet
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
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balance wheel
(balance wheel, balance)
Princeton's WordNet
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
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wheel and axle
(wheel and axle)
Princeton's WordNet
hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel
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stump
Webster Dictionary
a pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece
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counterbalance
Webster Dictionary
a mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel
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roulette wheel
(roulette wheel, wheel)
Princeton's WordNet
game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
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wheel
(roulette wheel, wheel)
Princeton's WordNet
game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
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camber
(ˈkæm bər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the tilt of an automotive wheel, measured as the angle between the vertical and a plane through the wheel's circumference.
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ordinary
(ˈɔr dnˌɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
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pinwheel
(ˈpɪnˌʰwil, -ˌwil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a firework that revolves rapidly on a pin when ignited, making a wheel of fire or sparks; Catherine wheel.
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ferris wheel
(Ferris wheel)
Princeton's WordNet
a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates; provides a ride at an amusement park
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bucket
Webster Dictionary
one of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel
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paddle
(paddle)
Princeton's WordNet
a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
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fifth wheel
(fifth wheel, spare)
Princeton's WordNet
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
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spare
(fifth wheel, spare)
Princeton's WordNet
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
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key
Webster Dictionary
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 a particular lock and operated by turning in its place
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