Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To open.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To open, or throw open.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
open (a door, window etc.).
Etymologies
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Examples
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AND anon as he had unshut the window the enchantment was gone; then he knew himself that he had done amiss.
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What is there more, that I lag and pause, and crouch extended with unshut mouth?
So Long 1900
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Bearing these, she withdrew, throwing a spiteful glance and leaving the door unshut, so that her master distinctly heard her open Margaret's door, come out again, and finally leave the house.
The Mark Of Cain Andrew Lang 1878
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Clara directed him to the seat fronting her; he protested indifference to the wet; she kept the door unshut.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Clara directed him to the seat fronting her; he protested indifference to the wet; she kept the door unshut.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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What is there more, that I lag and pause, and crouch extended with unshut mouth?
Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855
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What is there more, that I lag and pause and crouch extended with unshut mouth?
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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Some of the windows of the house were open, but with no more signs of life than in a dead man's unshut eyes.
The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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The window, which the old herbalist had opened, and, in the hurry of the moment, left unshut, remained unshut, and Barney, after Woodward had entered, stood close to it in order to hear the conversation which might pass between them.
The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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AND anon as he had unshut the window the enchantment was gone; then he knew himself that he had done amiss.
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