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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
lock , 8.
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Examples
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I bought a Harsch sauerkraut crock with a water-lock seal.
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Shafts through the roof up to the open air provide access for men and materials to the working chamber, through an air-lock consisting of a small chamber with an air-tight door at each end, enabling locking into and out of the compressed-air portion to be readily effected, on the same principle as a water-lock on a canal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Two water-lock zip pockets hold fly boxes and other essentials
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