Definition of close

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Close (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within..

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Block :: Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not..
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..
Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth..
Brother :: Brother (n.) One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc..
Close :: Close (n.) 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..
Capsulated :: Capsulated (a.) Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior..
Smack :: Smack (n.) To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss..
Tine :: Tine (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose..
Mutch :: Mutch (n.) The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman.
Areolet :: Areolet (n.) A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins..
Primum Mobile :: Primum mobile () In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline..
Disclosed :: Disclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Disclos.
Osculate :: Osculate (v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2..
Cysted :: Cysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst.
Pleura :: Pleura (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall..
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities..
Inwall :: Inwall (v. t.) To inclose or fortify as with a wall.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate..
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