Sneck
noun, Scot. and North England.
1.
a door latch or its lever.
noun
1.
a small stone, as a spall, inserted into the spaces between larger pieces of rubble in a wall.
verb (used with object)
2.
to fill (spaces between larger stones) with snecks.
noun
1.
a small squared stone used in a rubble wall to fill spaces between stones of different height
2.
(dialect, mainly Scot & Northern English) the latch or catch of a door or gate
verb
3.
(dialect, mainly Scot & Northern English) to fasten (a latch)
noun, verb
1.
a Scot word for snick
jargon
The sound made by deboursification, according to Sam Spade anti-spam software.
(1999-09-15)
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