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Shunt

noun

A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another.

A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current. Synonyms: bypass, electrical shunt.

Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body.

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"Shunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... you. Capella wishes to be rid of his wife, by death or legal separation. He thinks he wants to marry Miss Layton. He is convinced that something within his power, if done effectively, will bring about both events. He can shunt Mrs. Capella, and so disgust Miss Layton with the Hume-Frazers that she will turn to the next ardent and sympathetic wooer that presents himself. He knew the points of his case, and went to Naples to procure proofs. He has obtained them. They ...

— The Stowmarket Mystery - Or, A Legacy of Hate • Louis Tracy

... compunction just then. "Yes! Offered you?—Good Heavens, I insisted upon it! Oh, what a fool I have been, what a blind, blundering fool! Now I understand why he was so queer, so quiet.—Taking advantage of his devotion to shunt my disgrace onto ...

— Kildares of Storm • Eleanor Mercein Kelly

... yer w'arin' er sto'-made shoes, ner fur dis yer leavin' er de hyar unwropped, needer. Hit looks pisonous tickly ter me, days wat I sez, but w'en dey keep up dey naggin' day in en day out, en I carn' git shunt er um, I hop right up en put on my Sunday bes' en go 'long wid 'em ter de chu'ch—me en Eve bofe a-mincin' des like peacocks. 'You des pay de preacher,' days wat I tell 'em, 'en I'se gwine do all de mah'yin' ...

— The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields • Ellen Glasgow

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