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Thickset :: Thickset (n.) A close or thick hedge.

Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

Teosinte :: Teosinte (n.) A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

Disclose :: Disclose (v. t.) To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

Fence :: Fence (v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) An inclosed place.

Inclusion :: Inclusion (n.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral..

Shutter :: Shutter (n.) One who shuts or closes.

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..

Develop :: Develop (v. t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power..

Close :: Close (n.) A grapple in wrestling.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning..

Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Closereefed :: Closereefed (a.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Circuit :: Circuit (n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..

Landlocked :: Landlocked (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land..

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