clort (klort)

Same as clart. clorty (klôr'ti), a. Same as clarty. close (klōz), v.; pret. and pp. closed, ppr. clos ing. [ OF. and F. clore (pp. clos, > ME. adj. clos, close: see close2, a.) = Pr. claure, clure = Sp. Pg.- cluir (in comp.) = It. chiudere, close, etc.), orig. prob. *sclaudere = OFries. slūta = OS. * slut a (cf. slutil, a key) = LG. sluten = D. sluiten (> slot, a lock, > E. slot1, q. v.) = OHG. sliozan, MHG. sliezen, G. schlie en = Dan. slutte = Sw. slut a, shut; Gr. κλείειν (✓ *σκλαF?) appears to be a shorter form of the same root. Hence ult. (from L. claudere ) E. closel, close2, closet, clause, cloister, conclude, exclude, include, occlude, preclude, seclude, etc., conclusion, etc., sluice, clavis, clef, etc.] I. trans. 1. To inclose; shut in; surround; comprise. The lewes herynge those wordes set hande on Ioseph and closed hym in a house where was no wyndowe. Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 28. Jonah ii. 5. The depth closed me round about. The sun sets on my fortune, red and bloody, And everlasting night begins to close me. Fletcher , Double Marriage, iv. 3. When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed. Tennyson , Locksley Hall. 2. To make close; bring together the parts of, especially so as to form a complete inclosure, or to prevent ingre or egre ; shut; bring to close gether: as, to close one's mouth; to close a door or a room; to close a book. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes. Isa. xxix. 10. K. Phil . Close your hands.- Aust. And your lips too. Shak ., K. John, ii. 2. Close the door, the shutters close . Tennyson, The Deserted House. 3. To stop (up); fill (up); repair a gap, open- ing, or fracture in; unite; consolidate: often followed by up : as, to close an aperture or a room; to close or close up the ranks of troops. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. Shak., Hen. V., iii. 1. 4. To end; finish; conclude; complete; bring to a period: as, to close a bargain or contract; to close a lecture. One frugal supper did our studies close . Dryden. The proce ion moves very slowly; it is closed by a second party of musicians, similar to the first, or by two or three drummers. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 207. 5t. To draw near to; approach; close with (which see, under II.). On our answering in the affirmative, Bellerophon's Signal was made to close the Admiral, which we immediately made sail to accomplish. Quoted in N. and Q., 6th ser., IX. 261. 6. In shoemaking, to sew or stitch together (the parts of the upper). - Closed bundle. See bundle. Closed curve, in math., a curve which returns into itself; an oval. Closed gauntlet, in medieval armor, a sort of gauntlet used in tourneys and justs in the sixteenth century. It was of the form of a closed hand, and was opened or closed by means of a hook and staple or a turning-pin; the hand of the wearer, when inserted in it, could not be opened, but could hold firmly a lance or the handle of the sword. - Closed surface, in geom., a surface which separates all space into two regions, so that it is impo ible to pa from one to the other by a continuous motion without cro ing the surface. To close a circuit, in elect. See circuit, 12, and electricity. - To close an account. ( a ) In bookkeeping, to balance the credit and debit sides of an account-book at some fixed time, as the end of a fiscal year. (b) To settle up an account. To close out, to get rid of; dispose of; sell off: as, to close out a line of goods. - To close the books. See book. II. in trans. 1. To come together, either literally or figuratively; fall; draw; gather around, as a curtain or a fog: often followed by on or upon: as, the shades of night close upon us. They went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them. Num. xvi. 33. Pa beneath it [an equestrian statue of King Louis] into the court, and the sixteenth century closes round you. .. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 28. 2. To end; terminate or come to a period: as, the debate closed at six o'clock.-3. To engage in close encounter, or in a hand-to-hand fight; grapple; come to close quarters. If I can close with him, I care not for his thrust. Shak., 2 Hen. IV,, ii. 1. After so wide a compa as I have wandered, I do now gladly overtake and close in with my subject. Swift , Tale of a Tub, xi. Scarce could they hear or see their foes, Until at weapon-point they close . Scott , Marmion, vi. 25. 4. In the game of sixty-six, to turn down the trump-card before the pack is exhausted, so that no further drawing can be done. - To close in, to envelop; settle down upon and around anything. As the night closed in , they reached the chain of little valleys and hamlets, locked up among these rocky heights. Irving , Granada, p. 88. To close on or upon. (a) To come to a mutual agreement about; agree on or join in. Jealousy would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures. to our disadvantage. Sir W. Temple . (b) In fencing, to get near enough to touch by making a step forward without deranging the position of the body. -To close out, to sell out a busine , a special stock of goods, or the like. To close with. (a) To accede to; consent or agree to: as, to close with the terms proposed. I applaud your spirit, and joyfully close with your proposal. Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 2. It is a very different thing indolently to say, "I would I were a different man," and to close with God's offer to make you different, when it is put before you. J. H. Newman , Parochial Sermons, I. 37. (b) To come to an agreement with: as, to close with a person on certain terms. it. Pride is so unsociable a vice that there is no closing with Jeremy Collier , Friendship. (c) See II., 3. (d) To harmonize; agree. This pernicious counsel closed very well with the posture of affairs at that time. Swift , Conduct of Allies. To close with the land ( naut .), to come near to the land. closel (klōz), n. IMG:content-0627.png:[blocks in formation] 4. A grapple, as in wrestling. The king went of purpose into the north,. laying an open side unto Perkin, to make him come to the close, and so to trip up his heels. Bacon, Henry VII. Their hug is a cunning close with their fellow-combatants, the fruits whereof is his fair fall or foil at the least. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 146.