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Webster 1913 Edition

Padlock

Pad′lockˊ

,
Noun.
[Perh. orig., a lock for a
pad
gate, or a gate opening to a
path
, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E.
pad
a pannier. Cf.
Pad
a path,
Paddler
.]
1.
A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, – used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
2.
Fig.:
A curb; a restraint.

Pad′lockˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Padlocked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Padlocking
.]
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
Milton. Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Padlock

PAD'LOCK

,
Noun.
A lock to be hung on a staple and held by a link.

PAD'LOCK

,
Verb.
T.
To fasten with a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine.

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