Cloop

[From the sound.] The sound made when a cork is wrenched from the mouth of a bottle. termination; final end; as, the close of a war. "Speedy death, The close of all my miseries and the balm." - Milton . -Manner of shutting; junction; as, the close of a door. -A grapple in wrestling; as, to make one's adversary come to the close . (Mus.) End of a musical strain; a double bar marking the end; rest. "At ev'ry close she made, th' attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song." -Dryden. Close, ( klōs ,) n. [Fr. clos ; Lat. clausus, from claudo , to shut. An inclosed space; specifically, a small field or square of land surrounded by a fence, rail, or wall; as, a cathedral close . "I have a tree which grows here in my close."-Shaks. --In England, a narrow way or pa age leading from one street to another, or to a court of houses. (Law.) An interest in the soil, or in trees or growing crops. --a. Shut or made fast; tight; closed so as to have no opening; as, a close window. -Confined; stagnant; oppre ive; having no vent; without ventilation; causing la itude; as, close weather. -Secret; hidden; confined; secluded; private; pent up. "Nor could his acts too close a vizard wear."-Dryden. -Compact; solid; dense; having all the parts amalgamated. "The inward substance of the earth is of itself an uniform ma , close and compact." - Burnet. -Viscous; glutinous; tenacious; not volatile. "This oil... is supposed of so close and tenacious a substance." Wilkins. -Disposed to be secretive; wary; reticent; cautious; taciturn. IMG:content-0234.png:[blocks in formation] abt. 20 m. N. by W. of New York.