Definition of close

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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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Windage :: Windage (n.) The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
Disclose :: Disclose (n.) Disclosure.
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears..
Tine :: Tine (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose..
Bed :: Bed (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock..
Unclose :: Unclose (v. t. & i.) To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams..
Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave..
Yot :: Yot (v. t.) To unite closely.
Overgird :: Overgird (v. t.) To gird too closely.
Incastellated :: Incastellated (a.) Confined or inclosed in a castle.
Endomorph :: Endomorph (n.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz..
Ankerite :: Ankerite (n.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron..
Encurtain :: Encurtain (v. t.) To inclose with curtains.
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter..
Mesh :: Mesh (n.) The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Alee :: Alee (adv.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side..
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