SIDELOCK

Etymology

Noun

sidelock (plural sidelocks)

A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.

Hyponyms: payess, payot

(firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.

Anagrams

• lockside

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 September 2024

PROSODIC

(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing


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