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Clois"ter*al (?), a. Cloistral. [Obs.] I. Walton.

Clois"tered (?), a. 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and vestal nuns." Hudibras.

In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone.

2. Furnished with cloisters. Sir H. Wotton.

Clois"ter*er (?), n. [Cf. OF. cloistier.] One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

Clois"tral (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.]

Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel.

Clois"tress (?), n. A nun. [R.] Shak.

Cloke (?), n. & v. See Cloak. [Obs.]

{ Clomb (?), Clomb"en (?), } imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed). [Obs.]

The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. Chaucer.

Clomp (?), n. See Clamp.

Clong (?), imp. of Cling. [Obs.]

Clon"ic (?), a. [Gr. klo`nos a violent, confused motion; cf. F. clonique.] (Med.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. Dunglison.

Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under Spasm.

Cloom (?), v. t. [A variant of clam to clog.] To close with glutinous matter. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Cloop (?), n. [An onomatopťia.] The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." Thackeray.

Close (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.] 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.

3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.

One frugal supper did our studies close. Dryden.

4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5.

But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. Herbert.

A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.

Close, v. i. 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? Byron.

2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.