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Wheellock

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wagon locknounAn iron shoe placed on the rear wheel of a wagon to retard motion in going downhill.
lockworknoun(firearms) The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.
spannernoun(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
locknounSomething used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
rolling blocknounA form of firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin.
training wheelnoun(chiefly Canada, US and in the plural, cycling) One of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle's rear wheel to provide support for new riders.
liner locknoun(metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a lock.
wheelgunnoun(firearms) Synonym of revolver.
flint millnoun(pottery) A mill in which flints are ground.
clogwheelnoun(obsolete, Yorkshire) A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
spring locknounA lock that fastens by means of a spring.
mortise wheelnoun(woodworking) A cast-iron wheel, consisting of wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge.
frame locknounA type of lock for a folding knife or other tool, distinct from the liner lock by the spring portion of the liner being replaced by an integral component of the handle.
flash locknoun(waterways) A simple single-gate lock on a river or canal.
wire cartridgenoun(firearms) An early type of shotgun cartridge that had wire lining in the case to assist concentrating the shot.
wheel clampnounA device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven; normally used to enforce payment of a traffic violation fine.
brakewheelnounAlternative form of brake wheel. [An inclined wheel that drives a wallower in a mill.]
wheeling machinenounAn English wheel.
breaking wheelnoun(historical) A wheel used to break a restrained victim's limbs and body in an ancient European form of execution.
firewheelnounGaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.

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