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Rebuff, old style
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snib
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snib \Snib\, v. t. [OE. snibben; cf. Dan. snibbe, and E. snub, v. t.] To check; to sneap; to sneb. [Obs.] Him would he snib sharply for the nones. --Chaucer.
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A snib is a manually operated catch for the internal locking of Yale type locks. Once operated it prevents key holders from using the lock externally, or allows the door to be closed without the lock engaging. Colloquial (UK) also the button inside car ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Scotland English) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc. 2 (context obsolete English) A reprimand; a snub. vb. (context Scotland English) To latch (a door, window etc.).