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Shunter
(Shunt"er) n. (Railroad) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Shut
(Shut) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n. Shutting.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten,
schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sceótan
to shoot. &radic159. 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. "Shut from every shore." 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.
Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal. iii. 23. (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. Collier. (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument,
or force.
Shut
(Shut), v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.
Shut
(Shut), a.
1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.] L'Estrange.
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, a, e, i, o, u,
always are.
Shut
(Shut), 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. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
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