[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

safety \safe"ty\, n. cf. f. sauvet'e.
   1. the condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger
      or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
      1913 webster

            up led by thee,
            into the heaven i have presumed,
            an earthly guest . . . with like safety guided down,
            return me to my native element.       --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from
      liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the
      quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence,
      justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
      1913 webster

            would there were any safety in thy sex,
            that i might put a thousand sorrows off,
            and credit thy repentance            --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. preservation from escape; close custody.
      1913 webster

            imprison him, . . .
            deliver him to safety; and return.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. amer. football the act or result of a ball-carrier on
      the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line,
      or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own
      goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind
      that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a
      play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the
      defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback,
      when the ball is downed behind the goal after being
      propelled there or last touched by a player of the
      defending team. see touchdown. same as safety
      touchdown, below.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   5. short for safety bicycle. archaic
      webster 1913 suppl.

   6. a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents
      the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also
      called safety catch, safety lock, or lock. archaic
      pjc
see also:
touchback touchdown safety touchdown safety bicycle safety catch safety lock 
lock 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lock \lock\ lo^k, n. as. locc; akin to d. lok, g. locke,
   ohg. loc, icel. lokkr, and perh. to gr. ? to bend, twist.
   a tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or
   other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
   1913 webster

         these gray locks, the pursuivants of death. --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lock \lock\, n. as. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
   fastening of a door, fr. l=ucan to lock, fasten; akin to
   os. l=ukan in comp., d. luiken, ohg. l=uhhan, icel.
   l=uka, goth. l=ukan 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
see also:
locket lift lock detector lock lock bay lock chamber lock nut 
check nut check lock plate lock rail lock rand 
mortise lock rim lock mortise lock 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lock \lock\, v. i.
   to become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as,
   the door locks close.
   1913 webster

         when it locked none might through it pass. --spenser.
   1913 webster

   to lock into, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each
      other. --boyle.
      1913 webster
see also:
to lock into 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lock \lock\, v. t. imp.  p. p. locked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   locking.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. to link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. "
      lock hand in hand." --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. canals to furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower a
      boat in a lock.
      1913 webster

   6. fencing to seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by
      turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
      1913 webster
see also:
locked locking 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lock
     n 1: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly
          closed
     2: a strand or cluster of hair syn: curl, ringlet, whorl
     3: a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
     4: enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be
        closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower
        vessels that pass through it syn: lock chamber
     5: a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent
        the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
        syn: ignition lock
     6: any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body
        is twisted or pressured
     v 1: fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" ant: unlock,
           unlock
     2: keep engaged; "engaged the gears" syn: engage, mesh, operate
        ant: disengage
     3: become rigid or immoveable; "the therapist noticed that the
        patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" ant: unlock
     4: hold in a locking position; "he locked his hands around her
        neck" syn: interlock, interlace
     5: become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "they were
        locked in embrace" syn: interlock
     6: hold fast in a certain state; "he was locked in a laughing
        fit"
     7: place in a place where something cannot be removed or
        someone cannot escape; "the parents locked her daughter up
        for the weekend"; "she locked her jewels in the safe"
        syn: lock in, lock away, put away, shut up, shut
        away, lock up
     8: pass by means through a lock in a waterway
     9: build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
see also:
curl ringlet whorl lock chamber ignition lock unlock 
engage mesh operate disengage interlock 
interlace lock in lock away put away shut up 
shut away lock up 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

219 moby thesaurus words for "lock":
   aboideau, accord, agree, air lock, answer to, articulate, assent,
   assort with, authority, bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten,
   batten down, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bear hug,
   bind, block, block up, blockade, bolt, buckle, butt, button,
   button up, cage, catch, cessation, check, chime, chock, choke,
   choke off, clap, clasp, cleat, clip, close, close off, close out,
   close tight, close up, clutch, cohere, coincide, command, commit,
   concur, confine, conform, conform with, consist with, constrain,
   constrict, contain, contract, control, coop up, cooperate,
   correspond, cover, crimp, crowd, curl, dead set, dead stand,
   dead stop, deadlock, debar, detain, dock gate, dog, dovetail,
   dying down, ebb, ebbing, engage, entangle, entwine, exclude,
   fall in together, fasten, fit together, fix, fix on, fix upon,
   flood-hatch, floodgate, fold, fold up, follow, frizz, frizzle,
   full nelson, full stop, gate, go together, go with, grapple, grasp,
   half nelson, halt, hang together, harmonize, hasp, head gate,
   hinge, hit, hitch, hold, hold together, hook, implant, impound,
   imprison, incarcerate, interlock, intersect, jam, jibe, join,
   joint, keep out, keep track of, key, latch, lock gate, lock in,
   lock out, lock up, match, miter, mortise, nail, oblige, obstruct,
   occlude, overlap, pack, padlock, parallel, peg, penstock, pin,
   plant, plumb, ponytail, power, pursue, quarter nelson, rabbet,
   register, register with, respond to, restrain, restrict, retain,
   ringlet, rivet, scarf, scissors, screw, seal, seal off, seal up,
   secure, sew, shut, shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut tight,
   shut up, sing in chorus, skewer, slam, sluice, sluice gate, snap,
   sort with, square, square with, squeeze, squeeze shut, stabilize,
   stand, stand together, standstill, staple, stick, stifle,
   stillstand, stitch, stop, stop up, strangle, stranglehold,
   strangulate, subsidence, suffocate, supervision, sway, tack, tally,
   tide gate, toehold, toggle, track, tress, wane, waning, water gate,
   wedge, weir, zip up, zipper

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

lock
   the hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron
   isa. 45:2; 1 kings 4:3. these were the locks originally used,
   and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an
   opening in the outside judg. 3:24. see key.
   
     lock of hair judg. 16:13, 19; ezek. 8:3; num. 6:5, etc..
   
see also:
key 

[9] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

lock-:and:-:key:, n.  the distinguishing device of civilization and
enlightenment.

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