Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CLOS'ET
CLOS'ET, n. [s as z.]
- A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. – Matth. vi.
- An apartment for curiosities or valuable things. – Dryden.
- A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.
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