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Interlock   Listen
verb
Interlock  v. t.  
1.
To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening. "My lady with her fingers interlocked."
2.
To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.






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"Interlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... caught by one or two, but the howling of the gale rendered all connexion in the meaning impossible. The Englishman ceased his efforts to make himself heard, for the two ships were now rolling-to, and it appeared as if their spars would interlock. There was an instant when Mr. Leach had his hand on the main-brace to let it go; but the Foam started away on a sea, like a horse that feels the spur, and disobeying her helm, shot forward, as if about to cross ...
— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper

... under what are, in common phrase, termed "open" or "close" games; an open game being where the pieces are brought out into more immediate engagement,—a close game where the pawns interlock, and the pieces can less easily issue to the attack. An instance of the former may be found in the Allgaier,—of the latter in Philidor's Defence. These two kinds of games are found in chess-play because they are found in human temperament; ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860 • Various



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



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