His mind wrapp'd like his mantle

Keats, Lamia, i. 7. To bar out; separate by barriers; put or keep out; exclude, either literally or figuratively; preclude: followed by an adverb or a preposition denoting separation. In such a night To shut me out ! Shak ., Lear, iii. 4. 18. If any one misbehave himself, they shut him out of their Company. Selden , Table-Talk, p. 89. Shut from every shore and barred from every coast. Dryden, Aneid, i. 321. 8. To catch and pinch or hold fast by the act of shutting something: as, to shut one's fingers or one's dre in a door; to shut one's glove in a window.-9. To do; manage. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] -10. To weld (iron). Hall i well . See to shut up (c), and shutting , n. [Prov. Eng.] - To shut in the land. See land1.- To shut off, to turn off; prevent the pa age of, as gas or steam, by closing a valve, or in some other way. - To shut one's eyes to, to be blind to; overlook or disregard intentionally: as, to shut one's eyes to disagreeable facts. - To shut up. (at) To conclude; terminate; end. To shut up what I have to say concerning him, which is sad, he is since become a sordid man in his life. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 206.