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   snib

   /snɪb/

   noun

   • 1. a lock, latch, or fastening for a door or window.
   • ▪ the small catch on a Yale lock which holds the bolt in or out.

   verb

   • 1. bolt, fasten, or lock (a door): "he snibbed the door and leaned against it, panting"

   Word Origin early 19th century: perhaps from Low German snibbe ‘beaklike point’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • S

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

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   • B

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