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Latching
(gcide) | Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.)
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which
it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch
and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
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Latching
(gcide) | Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Latched (l[a^]cht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Latching.] [OE. lacchen. See Latch. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
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Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
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2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
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The door was only latched. --Locke.
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Unlatching
(gcide) | Unlatch \Un*latch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. &
vb. n. Unlatching.] [1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
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