(n.) A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
(n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Elizabeth I's locket ring It was commissioned and worn by Elizabeth, who constantly reminded her subjects throughout her reign that she was the daughter and heir of Henry VIII.
(2) When I turned 40, my mother gave me – this was at my request; she's not a total weirdo – a Victorian mourning locket, made of jet.
Scabbard
Definition:
(n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
(v. t.) To put in a scabbard.
Example Sentences:
(1) The image Orwell uses to capture the essence of English public life is of "a society which is ruled by the sword, no doubt, but a sword which must never be taken out of its scabbard".
(2) Democratic hypocrisy, in Orwell's terms, is saved by the element of self-deception on which it rests, which is what turns the illusion into a half-truth, and keeps the sword in its scabbard.
(3) The sword is still in the scabbard, and while it stays there corruption cannot go beyond a certain point."
(4) Imperial hypocrisy is rendered self-defeating by that same self-deception, since the sword cannot remain in the scabbard, and will be deployed for the supposed benefit of the people it is being used to coerce, by people who are unable to be honest with themselves about the nature of that coercion.
(5) After all, it is in the essence of imperial power that the sword does not remain in the scabbard.
(6) Espada (scabbard fish) is another speciality; it is served as a small plate at O Tasca in Funchal (Rua Bela São Tiago 137), followed by pudim de maracujá (passion fruit pudding).