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Cold-shut :: Cold-shut (a.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.

Snap :: Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound..

Sneezing :: Sneezing (n.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

Bole :: Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet..

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

Register :: Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation..

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

Shut :: Shut (a.) Closed or fastened; as, a shut door..

Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.

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

Sniffing :: Sniffing (n.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose..

Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..

Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars..

Court :: Court (n.) An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley..

Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.

Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..

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

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle..

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