unsnibv.
transitive. To unfasten (a catch); to unlatch.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc.
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1905 A. T. Glegg Law Reparation Scotl. (ed. 2) ii. 39 When he unsnibs the window to clean it.
1966 J. McClenaghan Moving Target xiv. 148 He unsnibbed the chain which held the dogs together, and..they slipped away.
1980 R. Hill Spy's Wife xxiii. 178 She snibbed her bedroom door, but after a few seconds in bed got up and unsnibbed it.
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