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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..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..

Unclutch :: Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut..

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Shut up; inclosed.

Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

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

Desk :: Desk (v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure..

Unshet :: Unshet (v. t.) To unshut.

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..

Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..

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

Chamber :: Chamber (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber..

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..

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

Flap :: Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter..

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