LOCKSMITH DICTIONARY
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- walk-in vault
- n. a vault with a man door and open floor space inside
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- wall safe
- n. a safe installed in a wall so that only the
door and a frame is visible
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- ward
- n. a usually
stationary obstruction in a lock or cylinder which
prevents the entry and/or operation of an incorrect key
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- ward
cut
- n. a modification
of a key which allows it to bypass a ward
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- warded
- adj. having one or
more wards
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warded key
- n. a key with ward
cuts only, typically a bit key, flat steel key or corrugated
key
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- Warnock
Hersey
- n. an independent
testing laboratory
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- wheel lock
- n. 1. a lock which prevents rotation of a
wheel, 2. a lock which prevents removal of a wheel
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- wheel
pack
- n. an assembly of
combination wheels
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- wheel
puller
- n. a tool used to
remove the steering wheel from a column
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- wide stile
- adj. pertaining to aluminum and hollow metal or wood doors with stiles 5
inches wide or larger
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- window
bug
- n. an alarm system
component designed to detect breaking glass
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- wipe tool
- n. 1. a
device used to decode lever lock combinations by an arc
contact with the configured lever/belly characteristic
shape, 2. a tool for cleaning the hidden part of an
automotive window to facilitate viewing of linkage
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- witness mark
- n. the change in the surface finish of metal resulting from pressure
contact, as in impressioning
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- working trim
- n. lock or exit
device trim which activates a mechanism
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