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fore⋅lock

1[fawr-lok, fohr-]
–noun
1. the lock of hair that grows from the fore part of the head.
2. (of a horse) a tuft of hair above or on the forehead.


Origin:
1640–50; fore- + lock 2 ; prob. not continuous with OE foreloccas (pl.), attested once

fore⋅lock

2[fawr-lok, fohr-]
–noun
1. a pin or flat wedge passed through a hole near the end of a threadless bolt to fasten parts together.
–verb (used with object)
2. to fasten by means of a forelock.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME forelok. See fore-, lock 1
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