Definition of latch

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Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.

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Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Latchet :: Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Latched :: Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latc.
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) An interval of fair weather.
Latchkey :: Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch..
#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
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 (n.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket..
Unlatched :: Unlatched (imp. & p. p.) of Unlatc.
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
Latch :: Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.
Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.
Latch :: Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.
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 (n.) A door latch.
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..
Throatband :: Throatband (n.) Same as Throatlatch.
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