(kl<omac/s), a. [Compar. Closer (kl<omac/"s<etil/r); superl. Closest.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.] 1.
Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
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-From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden.
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2.
Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. A close prison. Dickens.
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3.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
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-If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. Bacon.
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4.
Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
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5.
Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. He yet kept himself close because of Saul. 1 Chron. xii. 1
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-Her close intent. Spenser.
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Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. For secrecy, no lady closer. Shak.
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Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
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-The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. Locke.
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Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass. Dryden.
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Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.
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-Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. Mortimer.
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-The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. G. Eliot.
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10.
Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
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11.
Intimate; familiar; confidential.
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-League with you I seek