SNECK
Noun
sneck (plural snecks)
(Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
(Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
A cut.
Verb
sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked)
(transitive) To latch, to lock.
(transitive) To cut.
Anagrams
• Encks, necks
Source: Wiktionary
Sneck, v. t. Etym: [See Snatch.]
Definition: To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Sneck up, be silent; shut up; hold your peace. Shak.
Sneck, n.
Definition: A door latch. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck band, a latchstring.
Burns.
– Sneck drawer, a latch lifter; a bolt drawer; hence, a sly person;
a cozener; a cheat; -- called also sneckdraw.
– Sneck drawing, lifting the latch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition