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a tiny metal argument between you and everyone who wants in.
means A mechanical or electronic device fitted to a door that fastens it shut, controlling who may open it and who may not.
from A plain compound of two old Germanic words. "Door" descends from Old English "duru/dor," a cousin of German "Tür" and traceable back to Proto-Indo-European "*dhwer-," the same root behind Latin "foris" (door) and Greek "thura." "Lock" comes from Old English "loc," meaning a fastening or enclosure, related to Old Norse "loka" and German "Loch"; the underlying sense is something that shuts or bends closed. Bolt one to the other and you get the literal joined word for the thing that fastens a door.
- ancient tech
- Egyptians used wooden pin locks 6,000 years ago
- pin tumbler
- Yale's 1860s design still guards most front doors
- lock picking
- a legal sport with competitive tournaments worldwide
- false security
- most pin locks yield to a skilled picker in seconds
yale lock — invented by linus yale sr. in 1848, became the standard pin tumbler doorlock design
schlage deadbolt — walter schlage patented the modern deadbolt in 1908, now the most common residential doorlock in america
mortise lock — traditional mechanism installed into the edge of doors, dominant in european architecture and older buildings