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Unlatching :: Unlatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unlatc.

Latch :: Latch (n.) A crossbow.

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.

Latch :: Latch (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

Latchet :: Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..

Passe Partout :: Passe partout (n.) A master key; a latchkey.

Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

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..

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

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..

Latched :: Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latc.

Throatlatch :: Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat..

Latching :: Latching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latc.

Click :: Click (n.) The latch of a 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..

Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..

Latchkey :: Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch..

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