Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sneck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneck \Sneck\, v. t. [See {Snatch}.]
To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.]
{Sneck up}, be silent; shut up; hold your peace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneck \Sneck\, n.
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.
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