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dead lock, ˈdead-lock, n.
[Cf. dead a. 28, 31.]
1. A condition or situation in which it is impossible to proceed or act; a complete stand-still.
1779Sheridan Critic 111, I have them all at a dead lock! for every one of them is afraid to let go first. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 1 In Newgate Street, there was such a number of market-carts, that we almost came to a dead-lock with some of them. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. v. 60 It often happens that one party has a majority in the Senate, another party in the House, and then..a deadlock results.
2. An ordinary lock which opens and shuts only with a key, as opposed to a spring lock; sometimes, locally, a padlock. [dead a. 24 b.]
1866Timmins Industr. Hist. Birmingham 87 Dead locks are those which have only one large bolt, worked by the key.
Hence ˈdead-ˌlock v. trans., to bring to a deadlock or stand-still; intr., to come to a deadlock; ˈdeadlocked ppl. a., brought to a deadlock; ˈdeadˌlocking vbl. n.
1880Daily Tel. 17 Feb., An entire population is dead⁓locked through no fault of its own. 1882N.Y. Tribune 3 May, The disgraceful deadlocking which the session of 1882 has witnessed. 1892N.Y. Nation 4 Aug. 81/2 They..have deadlocked the Legislature. 1897Rev. Reviews (N.Y.) Jan. 10/2 Mr. Cleveland makes it perfectly plain that the struggle going on in Cuba is a useless and ruinous one,—a deadlocked situation. 1903N.Y. Even. Post 25 Nov. 6 The Legislature would have deadlocked over the vote had not Gov. Odell come to his rescue. 1931Buck & Anthony Bring 'em back Alive 297 For several seconds we remained deadlocked, the animal making a perfect bedlam of the mess-room with his cries of rage. 1968Guardian 24 Oct. 9/5 The deadlocked Vietnam peace talks. |