Definition of Forelocking

1. forelock [v] - See also: forelock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forelocking

forelegs
forelend
forelends
forelent
forelie
forelies
forelift
forelifted
forelifting
forelifts
forelike
forelimb
forelimbs
forelock
forelocked
forelocking (current term)
forelocks
forelook
forelooked
forelooking
forelooks
forels
forelying
foreman
foremanship
foremanships
foremast
foremasts
foremath
foremean

Literary usage of Forelocking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"Some of the smaller are secured at the points by riveting, clinching, or forelocking. BO'LUS (Gr. bolos, a clod or lump), a soft mass of any kind of ..."

2. Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery by Charles James Appleby (1878)
"... and a box placed over the cistern to carry hose and implements, with driving-seat and footboard, wrought-iron forelocking carriage and drag handle, ..."

3. The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"Some of the smaller are secured at the points by riveting, clinching, or forelocking. There are many other kinds of B. used in the various mechanical arts, ..."

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