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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English snekke Date: 14th century chiefly dialect latch

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. Sc. & N.Engl. --n. a latch. --v.tr. latch (a door etc.); close or fasten with a sneck. Etymology: ME, rel. to SNATCH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sneck Sneck, v. t. [See Snatch.] To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck up, be silent; shut up; hold your peace.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sneck Sneck, n. A door latch. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck band, a latchstring. --Burns. Sneck drawer, a latch lifter; a bolt drawer; hence, a sly person; a cozener; a cheat; -- called also sneckdraw. Sneck drawing, lifting the latch.