has lock, hassock

[A. S. hals = the throat, neck, and Eng. lock.] The finest wool of the fleece of a sheep, being that growing on the halse or throat. hasp, *haspe, *hespe, s . [For haps , from A. S. hæpse (as aspen from A. S. & ps ); cogn. with Icel. hespa ; Dan. haspe ; Sw. haspe : Ger. haspe = a hasp, haspel =a staple, a reel, a windla .] 1. A fastening; a clamp or bar fast at one end to an eye-bolt or staple, the other end pa ing over a staple, where it is secured by a pin, key, button, fore-lock, or padlock. 2. A scarifier for gra lands. 3. A spindle for thread, yarn, or silk. 4. A quantity of yarn; the fourth part of a spin dle.