snecket

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• Snecket — Sneck et, n. A door latch, or sneck. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snecket — noun a door latch …   Wiktionary

• Snacket — Snack et, n. See {Snecket}. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sneck —  sneck the door, latch the door. The sneck or snecket of the door is, according to Skinner, the string which draws up the latch, to open the door ; perhaps from the Dutch word SNAPPEN, to snatch ; because, when the door is to be opened, it is… …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England