latch to lick over, to anoint:
“latch'd the Athenian's eyes,”
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, iii. 2.
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(Fr. lecher). So, at least, Hanmer
explains latch'd in this passage; and his
explanation is adopted as the true one in Richardson's Dict.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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