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Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede..

Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.

Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..

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

Closure :: Closure (v. t.) That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

Close :: Close (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

Wink :: Wink (n.) A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..

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

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

Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door..

Pent :: Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.

Shuttlewise :: Shuttlewise (adv.) Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle..

Clausure :: Clausure (n.) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.

Include :: Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell..

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..

Unclutch :: Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut..

Encloister :: Encloister (v. t.) To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

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