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draw-latch
† ˈdraw-latch, n. Obs. [f. draw v. + latch. With sense 3 cf. dial. latch, a lazy or indolent fellow.] 1. A string hanging on the outside of a door by which a latch is drawn or raised.1614 J. Cooke Tu Quoque in Hazl. Dodsley XI. 249 I'll pull out my tongue, and hang it at her door for a draw-latch. 2... Oxford English Dictionary
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sneck-drawer
sneck-drawer Now Sc. and north. Also 9 snick-. [f. sneck n.1 + drawer n.1: cf. latch-drawer and draw-latch.] One who draws or lifts a sneck or latch (in order to enter stealthily); a crafty, flattering, or sly fellow (cf. quot. 1808).1402 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 98 Ȝoure prowde losengerie that rune a... Oxford English Dictionary
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latche
▪ I. latch, n.1 (lætʃ) Forms: 4–5 lach, lacch(e, 5–6 (7) lache, 5–6 latche, 6– latch. [The equivalence of sense 1 with lace n. suggests that the word (in that sense at least) may be a. OF. lache lace, a vbl. noun f. lachier (= Central OF. lacier):—popular L. *laciāre, f. *lacium lace n. Sense 2 is p... Oxford English Dictionary
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