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2. I never knew how I liked the gray garron till I was shut of him an' Asia. R. Kipling, The Big Drunk Draf. shut1 (shut), n. [ Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers. Milton, P. L., ix. 278. It was the custom then to bring away The bride from home at blushing shut of day. Keats , Lamia, ii. 31. That which shuts, closes, or covers; a shut ter. At Eton I... find all mighty fine. The school good, and the custom pretty of boys cutting their names in the shuts of the windows when they go to Cambridge. Pepys , Diary, II. 358. When you bar the window- shuts of your lady's bedchamber at nights, leave open the sashes, to let in the fresh air. Swift , Directions to Servants, viii. 4. The point or line of shutting; specifically, the line where two pieces of metal are united by welding.-5. A riddance. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.]-Cold shut. (a) An imperfection of a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal on partially chilled metal. (b) An imperfect welding in a forging, caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working. shut2 (shut), n. [Also shutt ; a var. of shot3 , shotel.] The grayling Thymallus vulgar is . Day . [Local, Eng. (on the Teme).] shut-down (shut'doun), n. [ shut down , verb phrase under shut1 , v. v . ] A shutting down; a discontinuance, especially of work in a mill, factory, or the like. So far from there having been a cave-in of the supply [of oil), says "Engineering," there has really been a shut down of a large number of wells, to check a wasteful overproduction. Science, XIV. 283. shutel, n. See chute , shoot. shute2 (shöt), n . of 'twisted silk.' shuther, v. and n. der. Same as tram in the sense This picture is always cover'd with 3 shutters , one of which is of ma ie silver. Evelyn, Diary, May 21, 1645. Hence, specifically-(b) A frame or panel of wood or iron or other strong material used as a cover, usually for a window, in order to shut out the light, to prevent spectators from seeing the interior, or to serve as a protection for the aperture. There are inside and outside shutters. Inside shutters are usually in several hinged pieces which fold back into a rece ed casing in the wall called a box ing. The principal piece is called the front shutter , and the auxiliary piece a back flap . Some shutters are arranged to be opened or closed by a sliding movement either horizontally or vertically, and others, particularly those for shops, are made in sections, so as to be entirely removable from the window. Shutters for shop-fronts are also made to roll up like curtains, to fold like Venetian blinds, etc. If the Sun is incommodious, we have thick folding Shut ters on the out-Side, and thin ones within, to prevent that. N. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 198. Surely not loath Wast thou, Heine! to lie Quiet, to ask for closed Shutters, and darken'd room. M. Arnold , Heine's Grave. (c) In organ - building , one of the blinds of which the front of the swell-box is made. By means of a foot-lever or pedal the shutters of the box can be opened so as to let the sound out, or closed so as to deaden it. (d) That which closes or ends. That hour, The last of hours, and shutter up of all. B. Jonson, Underwoods, cii. (e) In photog . , a device for opening and again closing a lens mechanically, in order to make an exposure, especially a so-called instantaneous exposure occupying a fraction of a second. The kinds of shutters are innumerable, the simplest being the drop or guillotine shutter , in which a thin perforated piece slides in grooves by gravity when released, so that the perforation in falling pa es acro the field of the lens. The more mechanically elaborate shutters are actuated by springs, and are commonly so ar- ranged that the speed of the exposure can be regulated. - Bolt and shutter. See bolt 1. - Boxed shutter, a win- dow-shutter so made as to fold back into a rece ed box or casing. - Shutter in. (a) A plank, called a strake , that is fitted with more than ordinary accuracy to the planks between which it is placed. All the measurements in re- gard to its width and bevelings are taken with the greatest care. (b) Evening. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] shutter (shut'er), v. t. [ shutter , n.] 1. Το provide or cover with shutters. Here is Garraway's, bolted and shuttered hard and fast! Dickens , Uncommercial Traveller, xxi. The School-house windows were all shuttered up. T. Hughes, Tom Brown-at Rugby, ii. 9. 2. To separate or hide by shutters. [Rare.] A workman or a pedlar cannot shutter himself off from his le comfortable neighbors. R. L. Stevens on , Inland Voyage, p. 75. shutter-dam (shut'er-dam), n. In hydraul , en gin ., a form of barrage or movable dam employing large gates or shutters which are opened and closed by means of a turbine: used in slack water navigation. See barrage . shutter-eye (shut'er-i), n. An eye or socket for supporting a shutter. It has a projecting flange, and is built into the wall. E. H. Knight . shutterle (shut'er-les), a. [ shutter + -le .] Having no shutters. As they entered the garden they saw through the shut terle window two men, one of whom was seated, while the other was pacing the floor. Harper's Mag ., LXXX. 353. shutter-lift (shut'er-lift), n . A handle fixed to a shutter for convenience in opening or clos ing it. shutter-lock (shut'er-lok), n. In carp ., a mortise-lock in the edge of a shutter or door. E. H. Knight . shutter-screw (shut'er-skrö), n. A screw by which a shutter is secured, pa ing through a socket from the interior to be protected, and engaging a nut so mortised in the inner side of the shutter as not to be exposed on the outside. shutting (shut'ing), n. [Verbal n. of shut1 , v .] The act indicated by indicated by the verb shut in any of its senses; specifically, the act of joining or welding one piece of iron to another. Also called shutting up or shutting together . IMG:content-0993.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] a , body of shuttle; b, yarn wound on the bobbin d ; c , eye through which the yarn is led, and then pa ed out through holes, e, e, metal points. dle for the reception of the bobbin or pirn on which the weft is wound. The weft unwinds from this bobbin as the shuttle runs from one side of the web to the other. It is driven acro by a smart blow from a pin called a picker or driver. There is one of these pins on each side of the loom, and the two are connected by a cord to which a handle is attached. Holding this handle in his right hand, the weaver moves the two pins together in each direction alternately by a sudden jerk. A shuttle propelled in this manner is called a fly - shuttle , and was invented in 1738 by John Kay, a mechanic of Col chester, England. Before this invention the weaver took the shuttle between the finger and thumb of each hand alternately and threw it acro , by which proce much time was lost. There are also a great variety of automatic picker-motions for driving the shuttles of looms. Compare picker - motion . Sc[h]ytyl, webstarys instrument. Prompt . Parv . , p. 447. Their faces run like shittles ; they are weaving Some curious cobweb to catch flies. B. Jonson, Sejanus, iii. 1. 3. In sewing-machines, the sliding thread-holder which carries the lower thread between the needle and the upper thread to make a lockstitch. See cuts under sewing - machine .-4. The gate which opens to allow the water to flow on a water-wheel. - 5. One of the sections of a shutter-dam. E. H. Knight .-6. A small gate or stop through which metal is allowed to pa from the trough to the mold.-7t. A shuttlecock; also, the game known as shuttlecock. Schytle, chyldys game. Sag it tell a.