upshut

verb

upshut

verb

Etymology From up- + shut.

1

Archaic, Poetic To shut up; to close.

  • Now in due order all again Into its place he puts; The Sanctuary arranges; then Withdraws, and that upshuts.1854, Friedrich Schiller, Montagu Montagu, The Song of the Bell: And Other Poems, page 133:

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