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A polite suggestion to honest people and a fun puzzle to dishonest ones.
means Mechanical devices that fasten doors, gates, or containers and open only with the right key, combination, or code.
from From Old English 'loc,' meaning a fastening or barrier, with cousins across the Germanic family — Old Norse 'lok' (a lid or covering) and German 'Loch.' The same root branched into the 'lock' of a canal (a barrier holding water) and gave us 'lock' as in a tuft of hair, where the original sense was something twisted or interlinked. The fastening-device meaning is the oldest and most literal: a thing that holds shut.
- oldest find
- Egyptian wooden pin lock, 4000 years old
- picking legality
- Owning lockpicks is legal in most states
- warded weakness
- Old warded locks open with skeleton keys
- the bump
- A special key can pop many pin locks instantly
- sport
- Competitive lockpicking is an organized hobby called locksport
panama canal locks — three sets of locks (gatun, pedro miguel, miraflores) that raise and lower ships 85 feet across the isthmus
rideau canal locks — 8 consecutive locks in ottawa, canada lifting boats 79 feet, built 1826-1832
caledonian canal locks — 29 locks in scotland connecting lochs and raising boats 106 feet total, completed 1822