3. Stop, clog, impede, fasten.
    4. Seal, close, press together.
    5. Join, unite, clasp.
    6. Enclose, encircle, embrace, clasp.

Locked-jaw, Lock-jaw, n. Trismus, tetanus (of the jaw).

Lock up.

    1. Clasp, fasten, lock, close fast.
    2. Confine, shut up, restrain.

Locofoco, n. Lucifer match.

Locomotion, n.

    1. Motion (from place to place), movement.
    2. Power of moving.

Locum tenens. [L.] Deputy, substitute, lieutenant, agent, proxy, delegate, representative.

Locust, n. [U. S., where this name is improperly applied to the harvest-fly.] Cicada, harvest-fly.

Locution, n. Discourse, phrase, mode of speech.

Lode, n. [Written also Load.] Metallic vein, mineral vein.

Lodestar, n. See Loadstar.

Lodge, n.

    1. Hut.
    2. Cottage, cot, small house.
    3. Den, lair, haunt, cave.
    4. Association (as of Freemasons), secret society.
    5. Collection, group.

  By PanEris using Melati.

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