Definition of close

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

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Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Intimacy :: Intimacy (n.) The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..
Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly..
End :: End (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech..
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters..
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..
Connivent :: Connivent (a.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc..
Trilobite :: Trilobite (n.) Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment..
Weatherly :: Weatherly (a.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship..
Adjunct :: Adjunct (n.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a..
Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..
Sagger :: Sagger (n.) A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar..
Streite :: Streit (a.) Close; narrow; strict.
Lock Step :: Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him..
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..
Forereach :: Forereach (v. t.) To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
Interstice :: Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall..
Disinclose :: Disinclose (v. t.) To free from being inclosed.
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