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Shet

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v. t. & i.1.To shut.
[imp. Shet. (Obs. Shette ( or )); p. pr. Shet; p. pr. & vb. n. Shetting.]


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Den I see a canoe, en I says dey ain't no use to drown myself tell I got to; so I ties de hoss in de edge o' de timber en shove out down de river, keepin' in under de shelter o' de bluff bank en prayin' for de dark to shet down quick.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
"Now, I jest give yer warning," said Haley, "I know yer; yer won't get me to turn off this road, with all yer fussin'--so you shet up
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
Look at her; she loves dolls, and girl-plays, and everything a girl loves, and she's gentle and sweet, and ain't cruel to dumb brutes - now that's the girl-twin, but she loves boy-plays, and drums and fifes and soldiering, and rough-riding, and ain't afraid of anybody or anything - and that's the boy-twin; 'deed you needn't tell ME she's only ONE child; no, sir, she's twins, and one of them got shet up out of sight.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
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