Band books

2. A small apartment, or recess in the
side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
Dryden.

Closet sin, sin commited in
privacy. Bp. Hall.

Clos"et, v. t. [imp. & p.
pr. & vb. n. Closeting.] 1.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
[R.]

Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed
charge.

Cowper.

2. To make into a closet for a secret
interview.

He was to call a new legislature, to closet
its members.

Bancroft.

He had been closeted with De Quadra.

Froude.

Close"-tongued` (&?;), a.
Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason."
Shak.

Closh (?), n. [CF. F.
clocher to limp, halt.] A disease in the feet of
cattle; laminitis. Crabb.

Closh, n. [CF. D. klossen to
play at bowls.] The game of ninepins. [Obs.]
Halliwell.

Clo"sure (?, 135), n.


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