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   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.]
   To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
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   To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
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   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.
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   One frugal supper did our studies close.
   Dryden.
   
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   To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
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   The depth closed me round about.
   Jonah ii. 5.
   
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   But now thou dost thyself immure and close
   In some one corner of a feeble heart.
   Herbert.
   
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   A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.
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   Close, v. i.
   To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
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   What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
   Byron.
   
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   To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
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   To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
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   They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.
   Prescott.
   
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   To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. “Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.” Sir W. Temple. -- To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. -- To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.
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   Close , n.
   The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. [Obs.]
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   The doors of plank were; their close exquisite.
   Chapman.
   
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   Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
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    His long and troubled life was drawing to a close.
   Macaulay.
   
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   A grapple in wrestling.
   Bacon.
   
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   (Mus.) (a) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. (b) A double bar marking the end.
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   At every close she made, the attending throng
   Replied, and bore the burden of the song.
   Dryden.
   Syn. -- Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.
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   Close , n. [OF. & F. clos an inclosure, fr. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]
   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.
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   Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons.
   Macaulay.
   
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   A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.]
   Halliwell
   
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   (Law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
   Bouvier.
   
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   Close , a. [Compar. Closer ; superl. Closest.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]
   Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
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   From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
   Dryden.
   
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   Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. “A close prison.” 
   Dickens.
   
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   Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
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   If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal.
   Bacon.
   
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   Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
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   Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. “He yet kept himself close because of Saul.” 
   1 Chron. xii. 1
   
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   “Her close intent.”
   Spenser.
   
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   Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. “For secrecy, no lady closer.”
   Shak.
   
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   Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
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   The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal.
   Locke.
   
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   Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. “Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass.”
   Dryden.
   
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   Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.
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   Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
   Mortimer.
   
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   The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay.
   G. Eliot.
   
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   Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
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   Intimate; familiar; confidential.
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   League with you I seek
   And mutual amity, so strait, so close,
   That I with you must dwell, or you with me.
   Milton.
   
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   Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. “A close contest.” 
   Prescott.
   
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   Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
   Bartlett.
   
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   Parsimonious; stingy. “A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise.”
   Hawthorne.
   
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   Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
   Locke.
   
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   Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
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   (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
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   Close borough. See under Borough. -- Close breeding. See under Breeding. -- Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. -- Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. -- Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization. -- Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. -- Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. -- Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. -- Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel.
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   Close , adv.
   In a close manner.
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   Secretly; darkly. [Obs.]
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   A wondrous vision which did close imply
   The course of all her fortune and posterity.
   Spenser.
   
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