different between daglock vs doglock

English

dag (“shred, strip of cloth”) +? lock (“tuft or length of hair”).

daglock (plural daglocks)

A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep.
- 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
  Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
  Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.

dog +? lock

doglock (plural doglocks)

(firearms, historical) The lock that preceded the true flintlock in both rifles and pistols in the 17th century.

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