The snib is the mechanism by which the bolt can be held back, (put ‘on the latch’). It can either be a button with slide movement, or a push movement.

A device used to either hold back or lock the bolt.

A small catch or button on a lock to hold the bolt in either the withdrawn or locked position.

A reprimand; a snub.

To check; to sneap; to sneb.

a thin waterproof cover for newborn babies that is roughly triangle shaped and is secured by tying the ends together around the babies waist

To rub the shoots off potatoes.

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