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Shut (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n. Shutting.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. sch&ü;tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sceótan to shoot. √159. See Shoot.] 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
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2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
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Shall that be shut to man which to the beast
Is open?
Milton.
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3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. “Shut from every shore.” Dryden.
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4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
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To shut in. (a) To inclose; to confine. “The Lord shut him in.” Cen. vii. 16. (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another. -- To shut off. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate. -- To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. -- To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding. -- To shut up. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b) To obstruct. “Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.” Sir W. Raleigh. (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner.
[1913 Webster]Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal. iii. 23.
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[1913 Webster]When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better.
Collier.
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Shut, v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
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To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.
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Shut, a. 1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
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2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.] L'Estrange.
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3. (Phon.) (a) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g. H. Sweet. (b) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ, always are.
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Shut, n. The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
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Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
Milton.
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2. A door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
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3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
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Cold shut, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working.
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