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-- Close vowel
(Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished
aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the
mouth. -- Close to the wind
(Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which
the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of
a vessel.

Close (?), adv. 1.
In a close manner.

2. Secretly; darkly. [Obs.]

A wondrous vision which did close imply

The course of all her fortune and posterity.

Spenser.

Close"-band`ed (?), a. Closely
united.

Close"-barred` (?), a. Firmly
barred or closed.

Close"-bod`ied (?), a. Fitting
the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
Ayliffe.

Close"-fights` (?), n. pl.
(Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on
the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement
with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close
quarters. [Obs.]

Close"fist`ed (?), a.
Covetous; niggardly. Bp.

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