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15. Adhering strictly to a standard or
original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
Locke.

16. Accurate; careful; precise; also,
attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close
observer.

17. (Phon.) Uttered with a
relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of
e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed
to open.

Close borough. See under
Borough. -- Close breeding. See
under Breeding. -- Close communion,
communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have
received baptism by immersion. -- Close
corporation, a body or corporation which fills its
own vacancies. -- Close fertilization.
(Bot.) See Fertilization. -- Close
harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which
the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over
several octaves. -- Close time, a
fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish
is prohibited by law.


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