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SHUT, v. and sb. Var. dial. and colloq. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. Amer. and Aus. Also written shutt Yks. e.Lan.1 n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 Ess.; and in form shot Sc. [ʃɐt, ʃut, ʃet.] I. Gram. forms. 1. v. Present Tense: (1) Shet, (2) Shetten, (3) Shit, (4) Shoot, (5) Shur, (6) Shute. [For further examples see II below.] (1) Nhp.1, War.2, w.Wor.1, s.Wor. (H.K.), Shr.1 Glo. Thay ud soon shet up shop, an' take in washin', Gibbs Cotswold Vill. (1898) 92. Oxf.1, e.An.1, Suf.1, I.W.2, Dev.2 nw.Dev.1 Shet the door, wut. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 6.] (2) Dev.2 Dev.3 (3) War.2 (4) w.Yks.2 Lin. Yow needn't shoot the window, Fenn Cure of Souls (1889) 35. w.Mid. (W.P.M.) Dev. The lower classes in Devonshire, almost invariably, say shoot the door, Bray Desc. Tamar and Tavy (1836) I. Lett. vii. (5) w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Not. [Before vowels.] Shur 'im up i' th' stable (J.P.K.). (6) w.Yks. N. & Q. (1854) 1st S. x. 210. 2. Preterite: (1) Shot, (2) Shöt, (3) Shutted. (1) w.Sc. (Jam.) Cum. Than gloaart ageaan streeght up at it; than ah shot t'teaah ee an try't peean up at it, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 212. (2) Cum. We shöt his eyes, Farrall Betty Wilson (1876) 95. (3) e.Yks.1 3. Pp.: (1) Shet, (2) Shit, (3) Shoot, (4) Shot, (5) Shotten, (6) Shutted, (7) Shutten. (1) Rut.1 (s.v. Shoot). Shr. Burne Flk-Lore (1883-1886) vi. Glo.1 Oxf.1 MS. add. s.Oxf. I shu'n't like bein' shet up all day, Rosemary Chilterns (1895) 80. Brks.1 Nrf. A spring shet up, Gillett Sng. Sol. (1860) iv. 12. Sus. Lower S. Downs I.W.2 n.Wil. Kite Sng. Sol. (c. 1860) iv. 12. [Amer. Ef people'd keep thar mouths shet, Cent. Mag. (Apr. 1885) 844.] (2) Rut.1 (s.v. Shoot). (3) Rut.1 Dev. Vields... all aupening into wan anither, yu naw, by geateways, and all shoot, Burnett Stable Boy (1888) viii. (4) Dmf. Cromek Remains (1810) 88. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 Dur. A spring shot up, Moore Sng. Sol. (1859) iv. 12. Dur.1 Wm. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 42. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). w.Yks.2 Lin. Henderson Flk-Lore (1879). Glo.1 Glo.2, Hmp.1, Wil.1 Dor. Hardy Tess (1891) 82, ed. 1895. (5) Nhb.1 (6) Abd. I'm shutted up bairns, and I'm, wow! just perished wi' cauld and hunger, Cobban Angel (1898) 2. (7) Abd. The lid shutten doon upo't, an' the key turn't i' the lock o't, MacDonald Donal Grant (1883) lvii. w.Cum. He'd neah senner gitten t'dooar shûtten, nor we gat sec a lecter, Farrall Betty Wilson (1876) 39. Wm. O' t'doors an' windows er shutten up (B.K.). n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.1 34. e.Yks.1 Hez thă shutten yat? m.Yks.1 Introd. 39. w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 141. n.Lin.1 A woman niver knaws what a man is whilst she's wedded to him, an' thaay shutten up e' one hoose together. w.Wor. S. Beauchamp N. Hamilton (1875) I. 273. e.Dev. Say backwards the letters Z, Y, X, W, V, and the rest, all through with thine eyes shutten, Jane Lordship (1897) 37. II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In comb. with adv., prep., &c.: (1) Shut down, to close, shut up; (2) Shut home, to close; (3) Shut in, (a) to put a horse in the shafts; to yoke a horse to the plough; (b) of the day: ‘to draw in'; (4) Shut off, (a) to leave off work, esp. with a team; (b) to unyoke a horse; (c) to cut off; (5) Shut on, (a) see (3, a); (b) to weld the ‘straps’ on to a fork; (6) Shut out, (a) see (4, a); (b) see (4, b); (c) to take a harnessed horse from the stable to the plough, &c.; to set out, start; (7) Shut to, see (2); (8) Shut up, to counteract. (1) Nrf. Longman's Mag. (May 1899) 37. (2) Cor.2 Cor.3 Shut-hom the door. (3, a) se.Wor.1 ‘Shut in’ the horses and drive off, 67. Oxf.1 (b) Brks.1 The daays shuts in arly at this time o' year. (4, a) se.Wor.1, Hrf.2 Oxf.1 What time be us to shet off, Master? Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). (b) w.Mid. We shot of and come home, afore we'd ploughed the 'eadlands (W.P.M.). Hmp.1 (c) Nhb.1 Aa'll shut a bit mair off. (5, a) Oxf.1 MS. add. (b) s.Yks. (W.S.) (6, a) Dor. Shut out work, Barnes Gl. (1863). (b) Oxf.1, Brks.1 Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 144. w.Mid. That little cart won't be any good! Shoot out the mare and put her under the yellow waggon (W.P.M.). Sus. (E.E.S.), w.Dor. (C.V.G.) (c) War.3, se.Wor.1, Oxf.1 MS. add. (7) w.Sc. He shot to the door (Jam.). n.Yks. Shut t'deer teea! (I.W.) w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin. I shut to the winders and drew the blinds, Peacock R. Skirlaugh (1870) II. 50. Dev.3 Dawntee layve tha geāt awpen, mind and shetten-tü when yü comes out. (8) n.Lin. So that's shutten up one o' Bob's mean tricks (E.P.); n.Lin.1 2. Comb. (1) Shut-knife, a clasp-knife; a pocket-knife; (2) Shut-knife carpenter, a joiner's nickname for a carpenter whose principal tool is his pocket-knife; (3) Shut-lock, (a) the cross-piece at the back of a wagon into which the ‘tail-board’ hooks; (b) a split-link used in harness; (4) Shut-off time, the hour at which horses leave off work; (5) Shut-up bed, a bed made to close up into the form of a press, &c. when not in use. (1) Oxf.1, e.An.1 Nrf. Spilling Johnny's Jaunt (1879) i. w.Som.1 (2) s.Not. (J.P.K.) (3, a) Wil. Slow Gl. (1892); Wil.1 (b) Oxf. (M.A.R.) (4) I.W.2 Vrom the look o' the zun, I louz 'tes prid near shet off time. (5) w.Yks. (J.W.) 3. Phr. (1) shut in the twist, of sheep: see below; (2) to be, or to get, shut of anything, to be rid of it; in gen. colloq. use; (3) to keep shut of, to avoid; to keep clear of; (4) to leave a thing shut, to leave it without further mention or reference; (5) to look shut out, to look exceedingly cold; (6) to shut a pit, a marling term: to cease to dig marl out of a pit; (7) shut one's knife, (a) to finish any business in hand; (b) to die; (8) shut one's mouth, (9) shut one's shop, (10) shut one's trap, to cease speaking; (11) shut ploughs, to agree; (12) shut the top up, a ploughing term: see below. (1) Sus. Without the thin shank and shambling walk of legs that cross for want of fullness in the thigh to keep them asunder, Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XX. 506. (2) Sc. (Jam.) Dmf. We're weel shot on him, Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 116. Ir. It's glad enough we are to get shut of the likes of yous now and agin, Barlow Martin's Comp. (1896) 86. N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 We'll be glad to get shotten on ye. Dur.1, Cum.1 Cum.4 Wm. Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 42. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 Ah've rheumatiz i' my leg, an, deeah what Ah will, Ah can't get shut-on't. m.Yks.1, w.Yks.2 w.Yks.4 w.Yks.5, Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, s.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.3, s.Chs.1, Der.1 Der.2, nw.Der.1, Not.1, Lin.1 n.Lin.1 I should be straange an' glad to be shutten on him; he cums here clartin' aboot ivery blessed daay as ther' is. sw.Lin.1 She's gotten shut of her daughter, and she's fine and pleased. Rut.1 I ha'n't not no peace while I can get shoot o' my food. Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.2 War.3 War.4 Wor. We have a hard matter to get shut of our work in time (C.W.). w.Wor.1, se.Wor.1, s.Wor.1 Shr. They couldna get shet on 'em, Burne Flk-Lore (1883-1886) vi; Shr.1 Shr.2, Hrf.1 Hrf.2, Glo.1 Glo.2 Oxf.1 I be glad I be got shet on 'er, that I be, MS. add. Brks.1 Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 143. Hrt. (H.G.), w.Mid. (W.P.M.), e.An.1 Ken.1 I lay you wun't get shut-of him in a hurry. Sur.1, Sus.1 I.W.2 I must putt up wi't till Michaelmas and then I'll get shet on't. Wil.1 Dor. Hardy Tess (1891) 82, ed. 1895. w.Som.1, Dev.2, Cor. (J.W.) [Amer. Johnston Old Times (1897) 130. Aus. Boldrewood Robbery (1888) III. xi.] (3) Dev. And how we kep shut o' th' quag-mires or pixy-gates is more than I could ha' told, Madox-Brown Yeth-hounds (1876) 253. (4) n.Yks.1 (5) Ken.1 (6) Chs.1 Chs.3 (7, a) Shr.1 The head waggoner is ‘master of the ceremonies’ at ‘the men's table,’ and when he has finished his dinner, he closes his knife with a snap, as a signal for all to rise and leave the table. This custom has given rise to a saying current among farm-servants: ‘It's time for me to a shut my knife’ (s.v. Scraup). (b) se.Wor.1 I ketched a young cuckoo last spring an' I kep' 'im t'll about October, but 'e shut 'is knife then. (8) w.Yks. Shut thi mahth, an' let's ha' no more o' thi slavver (Æ.B.). Hrf. Shut thee mouth, 'oot, or I'll giv thee a clinker under thee ear-'ole (Coll. L.L.B.). (9) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (July 3, 1897). (10) w.Yks. And thee, Ebenezer, tha can shut thy trap quick, Snowden Web of Weave (1896) iv. (11) w.Dor. He an' I don't shut ploughs over that (C.V.G.). (12) Wil.1 On each side of this ‘veering out’ furrow a fresh furrow is ploughed, turning the earth into it. This is ‘topping up,’ or ‘shutting the top up’ (s.v. Ploughing terms). 4. To join; to mend, esp. to weld iron; to splice a rope. w.Yks.2 To weld a piece of iron to the blade of a table knife. n.Lin.1 Rut.1 Paid for a bell rope and shooting another, Church Account (1720). Nhp.1 Shut a piece on to it. War. (J.R.W.), s.Wor. (H.K.) se.Wor.1 To shut a hoop. Shr.1 To join two pieces of iron by over-lapping them, and then hammering them together at red-heat till they become firmly compacted. Blacksmiths understand a difference between shutting and welding iron: to shut is to unite two separate pieces, to weld is to turn a piece back upon itself, and hammer it until the whole becomes a solid body again; Shr.2 Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Glo.1 Oxf. A broken tyre is always said to be shut (J.E.). I.W.2, w.Cy. (Hall.) Wil.1 Used of welding iron, splicing a rope, joining woodwork, laying turf, &c. Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 Tyres of wheels when loose are always said ‘to be cut and shut.’ That is a piece of the iron cut out, and the ring re-welded. 5. A carpenter's term: to plane true. w.Som.1 To plane the edges of boards so as to make them quite straight is to ‘shut’ them. Of some dry elm flooring a man said, ‘This here elem do work tough, sure 'nough, mid so well work hard's shut it.’ 6. To get rid of, esp. to get rid of one's money in an extravagant way. m.Yks.1 He could fend for himself well enough if he didn't shut t'addlings in drink. w.Yks. They addle brass like horses and shute it like asses, N. & Q. (1854) 1st S. x. 210; w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3 Lan. It wur forchnit aw wur th' last, ur els th' owd chap med a bin fur dreawnin' ur shuttin' me, like owd Ginx wur wi' his babby, Ferguson Dick Moudywarp 5. ne.Lan.1 Hence Shutter, sb. a spendthrift. w.Yks. After a saver comes a shutter (S.J.C.); w.Yks.3 7. To yoke horses to the implements. Shr.1 Tell Jack to shet a couple o' 'orses to that par o' twins. 8. To unharness a horse. Hmp.1 I've just shot the mare. 9. To cease, leave off; to end. Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool (1837) 110. w.Wor. When the snow shuts, S. Beauchamp N. Hamilton (1875) I. 273; The snow's a-shuttin, S. Beauchamp N. Hamilton 283. Mid. The more they takes on at first, the sooner they gets shut, Blackmore Kit (1890) III. iv. 10. To cover land with marl. Lan. Thornber Hist. Blackpool (1837) 110. 11. To do; to manage. Ken. (Hall.), Ken.1 12. To agree. Dor. Gl. (1851); Dor.1 We two can't shut. 13. To injure. Stf.1 14. sb. In comb. Shut of day or Shut of evening, the twilight. Sc. The shut o' day was aye the gloamin', Haliburton Puir Auld Scot. (1887) 166. Glo.1 15. A shutter; gen. in pl. Lnk. In thro' the shuts the sun's rays Are blinkin', Penman Ingleside (1878) 21. N.I.1, n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 It's gettin dark, put shuts in, and leet cannle. w.Yks.2, Lan.1, e.Lan.1 s.Lan.1 Goo an' put th' shuts up. n.Lin.1 It's getting dark, put th' shutts up. sw.Lin.1 We'd gotten the shutts shut. Lei.1 Ah seen the shuts up as ah coom boy. Ess. Paid for makeinge a payer of staires and window shutt at the widdow Bloys house, £0 3s. 0d., Wakes Colne Overseers' Accs. (1698-1699). 16. A door; a lid; a window. n.Yks.2, w.Yks. (E.G.) 17. A mending; a join; the point of junction. Nhb.1 Broken at the shut. A flaa i' the shut. Rut.1 For the Bell Rope and six shoots of ye old, 8s., Church Acc. (1730). Shr.1 When two pieces of iron have been badly united they call it a ‘cold shut’; ─ ‘it ŏŏnna las' lung, 'e's made a cold shut on it.’ Oxf. That was a good shut (J.E.). Wil.1 The point of junction, as where rick is built against rick. 18. Riddance, esp. in phr. good shut of bad rubbish. Lnk. I want shot o' her, can ye advise me, mate, Murdoch Readings (1895) II. 57. w.Yks. Sheffield Indep. (1874) (s.v. Shuttance). Lei.1 An' good shut! A good shut o' bad rubbidge, bleam 'er! Nhp.1 War.2 ‘Good-night and good-shut’; jocular phrase of parting friends. Shr.1 Shr.2 19. A spendthrift, esp. a person extravagant in drink. w.Yks. Bill Scholey is a shut; he spends ivvry awpny he addles (Æ.B.); w.Yks.5 Hence Shutful, adj. extravagant, profuse. w.Yks. Shoo wor nawther mucky nor shutful, Yksman. (1876) 68, col. 1; w.Yks.1

SHUT, see Shall, v.1, Shoot, v., sb., Short, Such.