Word Meanings - CLOSEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To make close.

Related words: (words related to CLOSEN)

• CLOSEHANDED
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
• CLOSEFISTED
  Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
• CLOSEN
  To make close.
• CLOSER
  The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes
• CLOSE-FIGHTS
  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.
• CLOSEHAULED
  Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
• CLOSE-BODIED
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
• CLOSE
  to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often
• CLOSET
  1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6. 2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room,
• CLOSEMOUTHED
  Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
• CLOSENESS
  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. Addison. Syn.
• CLOSE-BANDED
  Closely united.
• CLOSEREEFED
  Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
• CLOSE-BARRED
  Firmly barred or closed.
• CLOSELY
  1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; privately. That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.
• CLOSE-TONGUED
  Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.
• CLOSE-STOOL
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• ENCLOSE
  To inclose. See Inclose.
• PARCLOSE
  A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
• INCLOSER
  One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
• PERCLOSE
  See RALEIGH
• INTERCLOSE
  To shut in; to inclose.
• INCLOSE
  Etym: 1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. 2. To put within a case,
• PARACLOSE
  See PARCLOSE
• WATER-CLOSET
  A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
• FORECLOSE
  To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. Carew. To foreclose a mortgager , to cut him off by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises,
• DISCLOSED
  Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.
• FILE CLOSER
  A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks.