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Close"hand`ed (?), a.
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. --
Close"hand`ed*ness, n.

Close"hauled` (?), a.
(Naut.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible
toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a
sailing vessel.

Close"ly, adv. 1.
In a close manner.

2. Secretly; privately. [Obs.]

That nought she did but wayle, and often
steepe

Her dainty couch with tears which

closely she did weepe.

Spenser.

Close"mouthed` (?), a.
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary;
uncommunicative.

Clos"en (?), v. t. To make
close. [R.]

Close"ness, n. The state of
being close.

Half stifled by the closeness of the
room.

Swift.

We rise not against the piercing judgment of
Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of
Tiberius.

Bacon.

An affectation of closeness and
covetousness.


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