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snib

  [snib] noun, verb, snibbed, snib⋅bing. Chiefly Scot.
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–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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snib   (snĭb)   
tr.v.   snibbed, snib·bing, snibs Chiefly British
To latch (a door or window): "[The] window is snibbed on the inner side" (Arthur Conan Doyle).

[Origin unknown.]
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