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A device on a canal that allows a vessel to negotiate changes in altitude by raising or lowering the water level.
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Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1
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“lock”
It doesn’t do much good to lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Don’t lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Don’t lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
Of little value his compunctions
Who assumes clavinous functions
When once from circumambient pen,
Is snatched its equine denizen.