Definition of latch

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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..

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Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..
Latch :: Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.
Latched :: Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latc.
Lasket :: Lasket (n.) latching.
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..
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..
Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) An interval of fair weather.
#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.
Unlatching :: Unlatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unlatc.
Click :: Click (n.) The latch of a door.
Latch :: Latch (n.) A latching.
Latch :: Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Latch :: Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
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..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..
Sneck :: Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door..
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