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snib
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snib  (snb)
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.]

snib [snɪb] Scot
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the bolt or fastening of a door, window, etc.
vb snibs, snibbing, snibbed (tr)
to bolt or fasten (a door)
[of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe beak]


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