A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge, A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section, A tuft or small quantity, as of hay or some similar substance; a small quantity of anything; a handful; specifically, in Scots law, the perquisite of the servant in a mill, consisting of a quantity of meal, regulated by the custom of the mill, intransitive verb_ To protect (a file) from changes or deletion, To arrange or secure (an interest rate) for a loan, To pass (a vessel) through a lock