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Interlock   /ˌɪntərlˈɑk/   Listen
Interlock

noun
1.
A device that prevents an automotive engine from starting.  Synonym: ignition interlock.
2.
The act of interlocking or meshing.  Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing.






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"Interlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... (A, B, and C, Fig. 12), and interlock the forked ends so that they will stand as shown in Fig. 12. Over this framework rest branches with the butt ends up as shown in the right-hand shelter (Fig. 13), or lay a number of poles as shown in the left-hand figure (Fig. 12) and thatch this with browse as illustrated ...
— Shelters, Shacks and Shanties • D.C. Beard

... overwhelming beauty. Nowhere else does the rhododendron attain such size or luxuriance. There it produces a tall trunk, and towers among the trees; it spreads its branches far and wide until they interlock and form almost impenetrable thickets locally called "hells" where pioneer explorers wandered, lost themselves and perished; it glorifies the loneliest mountain road with superb bouquets of its delicate flowers set among dark, ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al

... proposed to be at Detroit the 1st of July. The tour would lie through the valleys of the Miami of the lakes, and the Wabash, which interlock at the Fort Wayne summit; then across the Grand Prairie of the Illinois to St. Louis, and up the Illinois River from its mouth to its source. This would give me a personal knowledge of three great valleys, which I had not before explored, ...
— Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers • Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

... other. Handle the needle so as to pass from back to front, and always have the new stitch pass through the stitch of the coil just below it from right to left. When the coil has been wound around four or five times, the stitches will be seen to interlock and form a spiral. Soon the spaces will become too wide; then take an extra stitch in the center of each space, thus adding another set of rays. Continue adding new sets of rays as the spaces widen, until the ...
— Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools • Virginia McGaw



Words linked to "Interlock" :   squeeze, hug, device, organize, embrace, ignition interlock, lock, hold, snap, bosom, interlace, coordinate, snatch, interlocking, take hold, catch, grab, organise



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