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lockfast, a.|ˈlɒkfɑːst, -æ-|
[Two formations: (1) f. lock n.2 + fast a.; (2) f. lock v.1 + fast adv.]
1. Chiefly Sc. Fastened or secured by a lock.
1453in Exch. Rolls Scotl. V. 556, xxxiiij grotis of xijd. grotis and jd. in a lokfast box. 1554Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 281 The saidis baillies suld tak and apprehend the said John Chalmer, and put him in custodie in stark lokfast hows. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 137 That ye make steiked and lockfast Gates and Doors open and patent. 1820Scott Monast. xxiv, Having no sure lock⁓fast place of my own. 1888A. S. Swan Doris Cheyne xv. 232 It was not lockfast, of course, but I had no right with what it contained. 1890Harper's Mag. Nov. 882/1 The cemetery was lock-fast now.
fig.1838Blackw. Mag. XLIII. 440 Psychology will be..lightened of a useless and unmarketable cargo which has kept her lockfast for many generations.
b. quasi-n. A receptacle that is locked fast.
1851–61Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 341 A third party entered the house,..broke open several lockfasts, and stole the whole of the plate.
2. Mech. Adapted for locking something fast; fast-locking.
1881Greener Gun 198 The two motions, the sliding and the drop-down, are combined in the Dougall lock-fast breech-action. 1890Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 327 So long as there is ample bearing surface and a good lock fast attachment. |