Definition of latch

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Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

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#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..
Sneck :: Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door..
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) An interval of fair weather.
Latch :: Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted..
Latch :: Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.
Latched :: Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latc.
Latch :: Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The period of a transitory breeze.
Latchkey :: Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch..
Latch :: Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.
Latchstring :: Latchstring (n.) A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
Latching :: Latching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latc.
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Snecket :: Snecket (n.) A door latch, or sneck..
Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..
Throatlatch :: Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat..
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