lock vs wisp

lock

noun
  • A small quantity of straw etc. 

  • A device for keeping a wheel from turning. 

  • A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. 

  • Complete control over a situation. 

  • The firing mechanism. 

  • Something sure to be a success. 

  • A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. 

  • A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock. 

  • A grapple in wrestling. 

  • A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc. 

  • A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant. 

  • A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team. 

  • A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. 

  • Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. 

verb
  • To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock. 

  • To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it. 

  • To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place. 

  • To fasten with a lock. 

  • To be capable of becoming fastened in place. 

  • To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them. 

  • To play in the position of lock. 

  • To become fastened in place. 

  • To intertwine or dovetail. 

  • To prevent a page from being edited by other users. 

  • To furnish (a canal) with locks. 

wisp

noun
  • A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. 

  • A disease affecting the feet of cattle. 

  • An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul. 

  • A flock of snipe. 

  • A whisk, or small broom. 

  • A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. 

verb
  • To produce a wisp, as of smoke. 

  • To brush or dress, as with a wisp. 

  • To emit in wisps. 

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