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/ˈfɔː(ɹ)lɒk/
Noun
The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.
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His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
we also will call the infernal guards to cast him into hell.
Warm with the blood of lads I know Comes east the sighing air. It fanned their temples, filled their lungs, Scattered their forelocks free;
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This little boy, still flicking his head to one side between sentences though the long blond forelock that once excused the tic had been cut […]
"[…] And since the terrain is appropriate for achieving that end, there is no reason not to seize Opportunity by the forelock⁵ when it is convenient to do so." […] 5. The figure of Opportunity was traditionally represented as bald except for one lock of hair, which, like the proverbial brass ring, one had to grasp and hold on to.
The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
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[…] the gates themselves slowly parted, there appeared a large horse's head, with a plaited forelock under a decorated yoke, and slowly there rolled into the road a small cart, like those driven by horse-dealers, and higglers.
Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts; but in the end he could not think of anything to say.
Noun
A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
Verb
To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)
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At one extremity each pair was firmly connected by a short, massive, iron link, of about two feet in length; and, at its opposite end, a large eye-bolt was driven into each stick, where it was securely forelocked.
Noun
a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
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a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
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