Shut | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Shŭt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SHUT; p. pr. & vb. n. SHUTTING.] [A-S. scyttan, scittan, to shut or lock up, L. Ger. & D. schutten, probably allied to Ger. schützen, Dan. skytte, Sw. skydda, to defend, protect, shut.]

To close, as the fingers; to contract; as, to shut the hand.
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate; to shut the eyes or the mouth.
To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a kingdom by a blockade.

Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast Is open? Milton. 4. To preclude; to exclude. “Shut from every shore.” Dryden.

To shut in. (a.) To inclose; to confine. “The Lord shut him in.” Gen. vii. 16. (b.) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another. — To shut off. (a.) To exclude. (b.) (Steam-eng.) To prevent the passage of, as steam, to the engine, by closing the throttle-valve. — To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. — To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding. — To shut up. (a.) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b.) To obstruct. “Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.” Raleigh. (c.) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to lock or fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner. “Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterward be revealed.” Gal. iii. 23. (d.) To end; to terminate; to conclude. “When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master, if he has acted better.” Collier. (e.) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f.) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force.

Shût, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.

To shut up, to become silent, especially upon compulsion of some kind. [Colloq. and law.]

Shût, p. a.

participial adjective

p. a. 1. Rid; clear; free. [Obs.] D'Estrange.

Sense 2. (Pron.) Having the sound suddenly interrupted or stopped by a succeeding consonant, as the i in pit.

To get shut of, to get rid of; to get thrown or cast clear away; to be shot of. Richardson.

Shūt, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of closing; close; as, the shut of a door. “Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.” Milton.

Sense 2. A small door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] “A window that had never a shut.” Hist. of Francione, 1655.

Sense 3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.

Cold shut, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working.