Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lock so contrived that it cannot be picked by ordinary means.
- noun In firearms, a lock provided with a stop, catch, or other device to prevent accidental discharge.
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Examples
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Most of the testers found the safety-lock system to be cumbersome, if innovative.
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Most of the testers found the safety-lock system to be cumbersome, if innovative.
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"We declare the duel ended!" they were shouting, and I twisted the head of my trisp into a safety-lock position.
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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With this suspicion they set about spying upon the old man; he, however, had a sharp scent and sniffed the state of affairs at once; the boarders, seeing how bootless their attempts were proving, tried to ransack his room; they used a number of keys until they got the door open and when they had forced an entrance, discovered nothing more that a closet fastened by a formidable safety-lock.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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When the firing is stopped be sure to turn on the safety-lock.
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Some one, a woman I believe, has correctly defined it as "the safety-lock upon the property of the people."
Sophisms of the Protectionists Fr��d��ric Bastiat 1825
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