To close or lock as if with a latch. / (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.

Relating to or being the second of two items. / Near (or nearer) to the end. / In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.

The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs): / Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.

(transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.

A string attached to a latch allowing it to be disengaged from the opposite side.

Recently; not long ago; of late.

A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the leading phonetic of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case "-way" [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.

An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation. / (India, otherwise military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.