SG Heritage Dictionary

Forelock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

2. Take time by the forelock

3. In sea language, a little flat pointed wedge of iron, used at the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place.

Forelock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. 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.