Definition of latch

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

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Click :: Click (n.) The latch of a door.
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..
Passe Partout :: Passe partout (n.) A master key; a latchkey.
Heck :: Heck (n.) The bolt or latch of a door.
Latch :: Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.
Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) An interval of fair weather.
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
Throatlatch :: Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat..
Lasket :: Lasket (n.) latching.
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.
Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward..
Latchet :: Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
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..
Sneck :: Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door..
Latchkey :: Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch..
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.
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