outshut

English

Etymology

out- +‎ shut

Verb

outshut (third-person singular simple present outshuts, present participle outshutting, simple past and past participle outshut)

1. (archaic) To shut out.
   • a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Lamentations of Jeremy”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:

     When I cry out,
     He outshuts my prayer

References

“outshut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• shut out, shutout