Definition of Forelck
Fore"lock` (?), n. 1.
The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the
head.
2. (Mech.) A cotter or split pin, as
in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin
fastening the cap-square of a gun.
Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key,
gib, or cotter passing through a slot. -- Forelock
hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a
bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight.
-- To take time, or occasion,
by the forelock, to make prompt use of
anything; not to let slip an opportunity.
Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind,
signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for
when it is once past, there is no recalling it.
Swift.
On occasion's forelock watchful
wait. Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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