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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..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Closure :: Closure (v. t.) That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

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..

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Trapper :: Trapper (n.) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.

Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..

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..

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

Weft :: Weft (n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.

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

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

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

Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..

Cad :: Cad (n.) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards..

Shuttered :: Shuttered (a.) Furnished with shutters.

Throttle :: Throttle (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine..

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..

Wink :: Wink (v. i.) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at..

Pink :: Pink (a.) Half-shut; winking.

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