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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latching}.] [OE. lacchen. See {Latch}. n.] 1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.] Those that remained threw darts at our men, and latching our darts, sent them again at us. --Golding. 2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch. The door was only latched. --Locke. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.) 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}. [Usually in pl.] | |
