pretand pp. shut.

To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate; to shut the eyes or the mouth.

To prohibit; to bar; to forbid entrance into; as, to shut the ports of the kingdom by a blockade. Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast . Is open? Milton.

To preclude; to exclude. But shut from every shore.

To close, as the fingers; to contract; as, to shut the hand. To shut in, to inclose; to confine.

Spoken of points of land, when by the progress of a ship, one point is brought to cover or intercept the view of another. It is then said, we shut in such a point, we shut in the land; or one point shuts in another. To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. An interesting subject occupying the mind, shuts out all other thoughts. To shut up, to close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house.

To obstruct. Dangerous rocks shut up the passage. Raleigh.

To confine; to imprison; to lock or fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner.

To confine by legal or moral restraint. Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith, which should afterwards be revealed. Galatians 3:23.

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.

To close itself; to be closed. The door shuts of itself; it shuts hard. Certain flowers shut at night and open in the day.

Closed; having the entrance barred.

a. Rid; clear; free.

Close; the act of closing; as the shut of a door; the shut of evening.

A small door or cover; But shutter is more generally used.