English-Thai Dictionary

forelock

N ขน หน้าผาก (ของ ม้า  kon-na-pak

 

forelock

N ผม ที่ ปรก หน้าผาก  pom-ti-prok-na-pak

 

forelock

N สลัก ที่ ติด ไว้ เพื่อ ไม่ ให้ กลอน เลื่อน  linchpin sa-lak-ti-tid-wai-puea-mai-hai-klon-luean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORELOCK

n. 1. The lock or hair that grows from the forepart of the head.
Take time by the forelock.
2. In sea language, a little flat pointed wedge of iron, used at the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORELOCK

FORELOCK Fore "lock `, n.

 

1. The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head.

 

2. (Mech. )

 

Defn: A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. Forelock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. -- Forelock hook (Rope Making ), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight. -- To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is painted with a lock before and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for when it is once past, there is no recalling it. Swift. On occasion's forelock watchful wait. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forelock

fore lock |ˈfôrˌläk ˈfɔrˌlɑk | ▶noun a lock of hair growing just above the forehead. • the part of the mane (of a horse or similar animal ) that grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forelock

fore |lock |ˈfɔːlɒk | ▶noun a lock of hair growing just above the forehead. • the part of the mane of a horse or similar animal, which grows from the poll and hangs down over the forehead. PHRASES take time by the forelock literary seize an opportunity. touch (or tug ) one's forelock Brit. raise a hand to one's forehead in deference when meeting a person of higher social rank.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forelock

f ó re l ò ck 名詞 C (人 馬などの )前髪 . t à ke [s è ize ] A by the f ó relock A 〈好機など 〉を逃さずつかまえる .t ù g one's f ó relock to A ｟主に英 ｠A 〈人 〉にへりくだった態度を示す, ぺこぺこする .