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<hw>Close</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The doors of plank were; their <b>close</b> exquisite. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.</def>

<blockquote> His long and troubled life was drawing to a <b>close</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A grapple in wrestling.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A double bar marking the end.</def>

<blockquote>At every <b>close</b> she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.</syn>

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<hw>Close</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. & F. <ets>clos</ets> an inclosure, fr. <ets>clos</ets>, p. p. of <ets>clore</ets>. See <er>Close</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.</def>

<blockquote><b>Closes</b> surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

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<hw>Close</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Closer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Closest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Of. & F. <ets>clos</ets>, p. p. of <ets>clore</ets>. See <er>Close</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Shut fast; closed; tight; <as>as, a <ex>close</ex> box</as>.</def>

<blockquote>From a <b>close</b> bower this dainty music flowed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Narrow; confined; <as>as, a <ex>close</ex> alley; <ex>close</ex> quarters.</as></def> "A <i>close</i> prison."

<i>Dickens.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.</def>

<blockquote>If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air <b>close</b>, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Strictly confined; carefully quarded; <as>as, a <ex>close</ex> prisoner</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.</def> "He yet kept himself <i>close</i> because of Saul."

<i>1 Chron. xii. 1</i>

<blockquote>"Her <b>close</b> intent." <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>