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CLOSING |
Shutting |
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DISCLUSION |
A shutting off; exclusion. |
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INCLAUDENT |
Not closing or shutting. |
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OCCLUDENT |
Serving to close; shutting up. |
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EXCOMMUNION |
A shutting out from communion; excommunication. |
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CLAUSURE |
The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. |
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CLOSE |
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. |
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CLAUDENT |
Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent
muscle. |
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PRECLUSIVE |
Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude;
hindering. |
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WINK |
A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. |
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SHUT |
The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. |
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CLOSURE |
The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a
chink. |
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GATEPOST |
A post against which a gate closes; -- called also
shutting post. |
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PRECLUSION |
The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded;
a shutting out. |
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DOORSTOP |
The block or strip of wood or similar material which
stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. |
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DIPTYCH |
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid
material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the
writing within. |
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SPANNER |
A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for
moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the
steam. |
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EXCLUSION |
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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DOCK |
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a
harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided
with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. |
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BLOCKADE |
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. |
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BANG |
...ang a door (against the doorpost or
casing) in shutting it. ... |