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Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth..

Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

Recluse :: Recluse (a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life..

Cold-shut :: Cold-shut (n.) An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..

Occlude :: Occlude (v. t.) To shut up; to close.

Window :: Window (n.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening..

Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..

Cage :: Cage (v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person..

Embay :: Embay (v. t.) To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay..

Preclusive :: Preclusive (a.) Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering..

Hasp :: Hasp (v. t.) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Harness :: Harness (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle..

Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (v. t.) To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.

Snap :: Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound..

Compinge :: Compinge (v. t.) To compress; to shut up.

Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose.

Portcullis :: Portcullis (v. t.) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar..

Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

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