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shut

v. t. [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan 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. ()

2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade. ()

Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open? (Milton.)

3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. (Dryden.)

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. ()

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. [1913 Webster] (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude. [1913 Webster] When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. Collier. [1913 Webster] (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force. ()

v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard. ()

To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes. ()

a. 1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door. ()

2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. (L'Estrange.)

3. (Phon.) 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. ()

n. The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. ()

Just then returned at shut of evening flowers. (Milton.)

2. A door or cover; a shutter. (Sir I. Newton.)

3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding. ()

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. ()