See forelock on Wiktionary
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{}, "expansion": "forelock (plural forelocks)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place." ], "links": [ [ "wedge", "wedge" ], [ "bolt", "bolt" ] ] } ], "word": "forelock" } { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms prefixed with fore-", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:Hair" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "forelok" }, "expansion": "Middle English forelok", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fore-", "3": "lock" }, "expansion": "fore- + lock", "name": "af" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock.", "forms": [ { "form": "forelocks", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "forelocking", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "forelocked", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "forelocked", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "forelock (third-person singular simple present forelocks, present participle forelocking, simple past and past participle forelocked)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1835, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Monikins:", "text": "At one extremity each pair was firmly connected by a short, massive, iron link, of about two feet in length; and, at its opposite end, a large eye-bolt was driven into each stick, where it was securely forelocked.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)" ], "links": [ [ "fix", "fix" ] ] } ], "word": "forelock" }
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