Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLOSE'-HAND-ED, a.

Covetous; penurious. – Hale.

CLOSE'-HAND-ED-NESS, n.

Covetousness. – Holyday.

CLOSE'-HAUL-ED, a.

In seamanship, having the tacks or lower corners of the sails drawn close to the side to windward, and the sheets hauled close aft, in sailing near the wind. – Encyc.

CLOSE'LY, adv.

1. In a close, compact manner; with the parts united, or pressed together, so as leave no vent; as, a crucible closely luted.
2. Nearly; with little space intervening; applied to space or time; as, to follow closely at one's heels; one event follows closely upon another.
3. Intently; attentively; with the mind or thoughts fixed; with near inspection; as, to look or attend closely.
4. Secretly; slily. [Not much used.] – Carew.
5. With near affection, attachment or interest; intimately; as, men closely connected in friendship; nations closely allied by treaty.
6. Strictly; within close limits; without communication abroad; as, a prisoner closely confined.
7. With strict adherence to the original; as, to translate closely.

CLOSE-NESS, n.

1. The state of being shut, pressed together, or united. Hence according to the nature of the thing to which the word is applied.
2. Compactness; solidity; as, the closeness of texture in wood or fossils. – Bacon.
3. Narrowness; straitness; as of a place.
4. Tightness in building, or in apartments, firmness of texture in cloth, &c.
5. Want of ventilation; applied to a close room, or to the air confined in it. – Swift.
6. Confinement or retirement of a person; recluseness; solitude. – Shak.
7. Reserve in intercourse; secrecy; privacy; caution. – Bacon.
8. Covetousness; penuriousness. – Addison.
9. Connection; near union; intimacy, whether of friendship, or of interest; as, the closeness of friendship, or of alliance.
10. Pressure; urgency; variously applied; as, the closeness of an agreement, or of debate; the closeness of a question or inquiry.
11. Adherence to an original; as, the closeness of a version.

CLOSE'-PENT, a.

Shut close. – Dryden.

CLOSE'-QUAR-TERS, n.

Strong barriers of wood used in a ship for defense when the ship is boarded. – Mar. Dict.

CLOS'ER, a. [comp. of Close.]

More close.

CLOS'ER, n. [s as z.]

A finisher; one who concludes.

CLOSE'-SHUT, a.

Shut closely.

CLOS'EST, a. [superl. of Close.]

Most close. In these words, s has its proper sound.

CLOSE'-STOOL, n.

A chamber utensil for the convenience of the sick and infirm.

CLOS'ET, n. [s as z.]

1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. – Matth. vi.
2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things. – Dryden.
3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.

CLOS'ET, v.t. [s as z.]

To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take into a private apartment for consultation. – Herbert. Swift.

CLOS'ET-ED, pp. [s as z.]

Shut up in a closet; concealed.

CLOS'ET-ING, ppr. [s as z.]

Shutting up in a private room; concealing.

CLOSE'-TONGUED, a.

Keeping silence; cautious in speaking. – Shak.

CLOS'ET-SIN, n. [cloz'et-sin.]

Sin committed in privacy. – Bp. Hall.

CLOSH, n.

A disease in the feet of cattle, called also the founder. – Bailey.

CLOS'ING, a. [s as z.]

That ends or concludes; as, a closing word or letter.

CLOS'ING, n. [s as z.]

End; period; conclusion.

CLOS'ING, ppr. [s as z.]

Shutting; coalescing; agreeing; ending.

CLOS'URE, n. [clo'zhur.]

1. The act of shutting; a closing. – Boyle.
2. That which closes, or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or made to adhere. – Pope.
3. Inclosure; that which confines. – Shak.
4. Conclusion. – Shak.

CLOT, n. [See Clod.]

A concretion, particularly of soft or fluid matter, which concretes into a mass or lump; as, a clot of blood. Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word; but we usually apply clod to a hard mass of earth, and clot to a mass of softer substances, or fluids concreted.

CLOT, v.i.

1. To concrete; to coagulate, as soft or fluid matter into a thick, inspissated mass; as, milk or blood clots.
2. To form into clots or clods; to adhere; as, clotted glebe. – Philips.