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Bock
U.S. composer. Born in New Haven, Conn., he studied at the Univ. of Wisconsin, then collaborated with Larry Holofcener (b.1926) on songs for television's Your Show of Shows and the musical Mr. Wonderful (1956). With the composer-lyricist Sheldon Harnick (b.1924), he had his greatest successes, Fiorello! (1959, Pulitzer Prize) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). Bock and Harnick's other musicals included The Body Beautiful (1958), Tenderloin (1960), the admired She Loves Me (1963), The Apple Tree (1966), and The Rothschilds (1966).
cockle
Any of approximately 250 species (family Cardiidae) of marine bivalves. Distributed worldwide, they range in diameter from about 0.5 to about 6 in. (1-15 cm). The two valves of the shell are equal in size and shape, and range in color from brown to red or yellow. Most species live just below the low-tide line, though some have been obtained from depths of more than 1,500 ft (500 m) or in the intertidal zone. Many species are marketed commercially for their meat.
dock
Any coarse weedy plant of the genus Rumex, in the buckwheat family, that has a long taproot and is sometimes used as a potherb. Most docks are native to Europe but naturalized throughout N. America. Examples include curly dock (R. crispus) and bitter dock (R. obtusifolius). The early basal leaves of patience-dock (R. patientia) are sometimes used in salads. The common weed R. acetosa is known variously as dock, common sorrel, or garden sorrel. See also sorrel.
lock
Mechanical or electronic device for securing a door or receptacle so that it cannot be opened except by a key or a code. The lock originated in the Middle East; the oldest known example was found near Nineveh. Possibly 4,000 years old, it is of the pin tumbler type, otherwise known as an Egyptian lock. The Romans were the first to use metal locks and to make small keys for them. They also invented wards, projections in the keyhole that prevent a key from turning unless it has slots that avoid the projections. Probably the most familiar lock today is the cylinder lock, a pin tumbler lock opened by a flat key with a serrated edge; the serrations raise pins in the cylinder to the proper heights, allowing the cylinder to turn. Also common are the unit lock, housed within a rectangular notch cut into the edge of a door, and the mortise lock, housed in a mortise cut into the door edge, the lock mechanism being covered on both sides. Other types include lever and combination locks. Electronic locks that open with a magnetic card key are popular for banks, hotel rooms, and offices.
rock
In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock--igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic--are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are further subdivided on the basis of various factors, especially chemical, mineralogical, and textural attributes ...
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