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(1):

(n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, - used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.

(2):

(n.) Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

(3):

(v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Padlock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/padlock.html. 1828.
 
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