Shunt (?), v. i. To go aside; to turn off.
Shunt, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See Shunt, v. t.]
1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the
principal track may be left free.
2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or
the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or
derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for
the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
3. (Gunnery) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to
the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
Shunt dynamo (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit is connected
with the main circuit so as to form a shunt to the letter, thus
employing a portion of the current from the armature to maintain the
field. -- Shunt gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under Rifling.
Shunt"er (?), n. (Railroad) A person employed to shunt cars from one
track to another.
Shut (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n. Shutting.] [OE.
shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up
(akin to D. schutten, G. schützen to protect), properly, to fasten with
a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sceótan to shoot. √159. See
Shoot.] 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a
door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports
of a country by a blockade.
Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open?
Milton.
3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. "Shut from every shore."
Dryden.
4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by
bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
To shut in. (a) To inclose; to confine. "The Lord shut him in." Cen.
vii. 16. (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in
another. -- To shut off. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of,
as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock,
valve, or gate. -- To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny
admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. -- To
shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding. --
To shut up. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut
up a house. (b) To obstruct. "Dangerous rocks shut up the passage." Sir
W. Raleigh. (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as,
to shut up a prisoner.
Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the
faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal. iii. 23.
(d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his
master if he has acted better.
Collier.
(e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become
silent by authority, argument, or force.
Shut, v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it
shuts hard.
To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.
Shut, a. 1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or
local, Eng. & U.S.] L'Estrange.
3. (Phon.) (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. H. Sweet. (b) Cut off sharply
and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the
English short vowels, , , , , , always are.
Shut, n. The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
Milton.