Shut

shut, v. t. [shut, -ting.] To close, as the hand; relto contract; to close so as. to hinder ingre or egre ; an to forbid entrance into, prohibit, bar. — v. i. To close itself, become closed. — p. a. (Pron.) Having the old the sound suddenly interrupted or stopped by a obsosucceeding consonant, as the t in pit, the o in hap. shriv- — Shut'ter, n. One who shuts or closes; a slatted from or close movable frame or cover for a window or — other aperture; a blind. — Shut' tie, -tl, n. A sliding shrink thread-holder for carrying the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other, between the Conbulk threads of the warp, or for completing a lock stitch in some sewing machines; a shuttlecock.— Shut' tiecock, n. A cork stuck with feathers, used to be n. struck by a battledoor in play; the play itself.