snib

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|Scotland|Australia}} A [[latch]] or fastening for a [[door]], [[window]] etc.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[reprimand]]; a [[snub]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|Australia|Scotland}} To [[latch#Verb|latch]] (a [[door#Noun|door]], [[window#Noun|window]], etc.).
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} to [[rebuke]], to [[scold]], to [[reprimand]]<ref>The Salamanca Corpus: Leicestershire Words, Phrases and Proverbs (1881): page 297</ref>

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