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Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..

Padlock :: Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock..

Desk :: Desk (v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure..

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

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude..

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..

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Doorcase :: Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

Stopper :: Stopped (a.) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.)..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Sty :: Sty (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a sty..

Debar :: Debar (v. t.) To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of..

Shuttlecork :: Shuttlecork (n.) See Shuttlecock.

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

Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..

Interclose :: Interclose (v. t.) To shut in; to inclose.

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..

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

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