See Also: barker(medicine)
barker(1)(dictionary)
barker(2)(dictionary)
barker(dictionary)
latch(2)(dictionary)
latch(dictionary)
latch(1)(dictionary)
Granville-Barker, Harley(encyclopedia)
Gustafson, Ralph (Barker)(encyclopedia)
latch 1, noun(dictionary)

latch(2) (iou) and barker (oh)


latch(2) (iou)



latch verb1.

verb trans. Take hold of, grasp, seize, esp. with the hand or claws; clasp, embrace; fig. grasp with the mind, comprehend. OE-E17.
b. Put or strike swiftly off, out, up; dart out (the tongue). ME-M16.
verb trans. Take with force; capture, seize (a person, goods). OE-M16.
verb trans. Be the recipient of, get, receive. Now only (dial.), become infected with, catch (a disease). ME.
Shakespeare Macbeth I have words That would be howl'd out in the desert air, Where hearing should not latch them.
verb trans. Intercept the fall of, catch (something falling); catch or receive in (a receptacle). obsolete exc. dial. M16.
verb intrans. Alight, settle. dial. E19.
verb intrans. Foll. by on (adverb): (a) attach oneself to a person as a constant companion; give one's adherence to an idea etc.; (b) get wise (to a fact etc.), understand. colloq. (orig. US). M20.
New Yorker Mr. Kelly has latched on to a sound..idea.
Comb.: latch-pan (chiefly dial.) a pan placed under a joint to catch the drippings.

barker (oh)



in the past, someone who stood outside a place where there was a circus or fair shouting to people to come in