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



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