fore·lock /-ˌlɑk/
額發,額毛,栓,銷(vt.)以栓,楔固定,銷住
Fore·lock n.
1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
2. Mech. A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun.
Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot.
Forelock hook Rope Making, a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. --Knight.
To take time by the forelock or To take occasion by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity.
Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. --Swift.
On occasion's forelock watchful wait. --Milton.
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forelock
n 1: a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
2: a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
[syn: foretop]