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Search phrase: latch

Plays

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King LearKL II.i.51My unprovided body, latched mine arm:My vnprouided body, latch'd mine arme;
MacbethMac IV.iii.195.1Where hearing should not latch them.Where hearing should not latch them.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.36But hast thou yet latched the Athenian's eyesBut hast thou yet lacht the Athenians eyes,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.435These rural latches to his entrance open,These rurall Latches, to his entrance open,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.339 Which with a yielding latch, and with no more, Which with a yeelding latch, and with no more,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.358 This said, his guilty hand plucked up the latch, This said, his guiltie hand pluckt vp the latch,
SonnetsSonn.113.6 Of bird, of flower, or shape, which it doth latch; Of bird, of flowre, or shape which it doth lack,

Glossary

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latchfasten, secure; or: moisten [leach]
latchcatch, nick
latchcatch, receive, take hold of

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LATCHBASIClatch n, latch v

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