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Occludent :: Occludent (a.) Serving to close; shutting up.

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

Preclusion :: Preclusion (n.) The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out..

Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.

Shut :: Shut (n.) The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door..

Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..

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

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy..

Disclusion :: Disclusion (n.) A shutting off; exclusion.

Closure :: Closure (v. t.) The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink..

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.

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

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

Inclaudent :: Inclaudent (a.) Not closing or shutting.

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

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

Shutting :: Shutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.

Claudent :: Claudent (a.) Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle..

Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded..

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