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Definition of Forelocks
1. forelock [v] - See also: forelock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forelocks
Literary usage of Forelocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naval Chronicle edited by James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones (1801)
"The two parts of which stock might be bolted with four bolts and forelocks.
With this sharp form, angulated every way, the stock would sink, in loose ground ..."
2. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures: With Observations by Bindon Blood Stoney (1873)
"Adhesion of iron and copper bolts to wood—Strength of clenches and forelocks.—The
shearing strength of oak treenails has been already given in 397. ..."
3. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures with Observations on by Bindon Blood Stoney (1869)
"Adhesion of iron and copper bolts — Strength of clenches and forelocks.—The
shearing strength of oak treenails has been already given in (398). ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1836)
"The bridle chain is secured to a larger chain-cable and moorings, by means of
shackles, bolts, and forelocks. The forelocks require to be examined about ..."
5. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"Then said the old man to the boy: Say, I swear by him who hath adorned foreheads
with forelocks, and eyes with their black and white, and eyebrows with ..."
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