shut out

v : prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting

out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have

a criminal record from entering the country" [syn: {exclude},

{keep out}, {shut}] [ant: {admit}]

Shift Out

(SO, Control-N, {ASCII} 14) The character which

was used to "shift out" of an alternate character set on some

ancient {teletypes}, reversing the effect of the {Shift In}

(SI, ASCII 15) character.

(1996-06-24)