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snib
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noun,
verb,
snibbed,
snib·bing.
Chiefly Scot.
noun
1.
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
2.
the catch that holds the bolt on a lock.
verb (used with object)
3.
to bolt or fasten (a door or window).
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to bark; yelp.
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snib
(snɪb)
—
n
1.
the bolt or fastening of a door, window, etc
—
vb
,
snibs
,
snibbing
,
snibbed
2.
to bolt or fasten (a door)
[C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German
snibbe
beak]
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