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Apron :: Apron (n.) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut..

Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth..

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..

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

Woof :: Woof (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

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

Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..

Padlock :: Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock..

Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced..

Recluse :: Recluse (v. t.) To shut up; to seclude.

Rib :: Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in..

Closet :: Closet (v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal..

Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

Impen :: Impen (v. t.) To shut up or inclose, as in a pen..

Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..

Cockshut :: Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.

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..

Up :: Up (adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent..

Coop :: Coop (v. t.) To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in..

Exclude :: Exclude (v. t.) To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting..

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