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Search phrase: latch

Plays

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MacbethMac IV.iii.195.1Where hearing should not latch them.Where hearing should not latch them.

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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