Close
King James Dictionary [1]
1. To shut to make fast, by pressing together, or by stopping an open place, so as to intercept a passage, in almost any manner as, to close the eyes to close a gate, door or window. In these and other cases, closing is performed by bringing an object before the opening. To close a book, is to bring the parts together.
The Lord hath closed your eyes. Isaiah 29 .
He closed the book. Luke 4 .
2. To end to finish to conclude to complete to bring to a period as, to close a bargain, or contract.
One frugal supper did our studies close.
3. To unite, as the parts of a breach or fracture to make whole to consolidate often followed by up.
The Lord closed up the flesh instead thereof. Genesis 2 .
4. To cover to inclose to encompass to overwhelm.
The depths closed me round about. Jonah 2 .
5. To inclose to confine. See Inclose. 6. To move or bring together to unite separate bodies or parts as, to close the ranks of an army.
CLOSE, s as z.
1. To unite to coalesce to come together as the parts of a wound or fracture, or parts separated often followed by on or upon.
The fat closed upon the blade. Judges 3 .
The earth closed upon them. Numbers 16 .
2. To end to terminate, or come to a period as, the debate closed at six oclock.
To close on or upon, to come to a mutual agreement to agree on or join in.
France and Holland might close upon some measures to our disadvantage.
To close with, to accede to to consent or agree to as, to close with the terms proposed. When followed by the person with whom an agreement is made, to make an agreement with to unite with as, to close with an enemy.
He took the time when Richard was deposed,
And high and low with happy Harry closed.
In this sense, to close in with is less elegant.
To close with,
To close in with, To unite to join closely to grapple, as persons in a contest applied to wrestlers, when they come to close embrace for scuffling.
CLOSE, a.
1. Shut fast tight made fast, so as to have no opening as a close box a close vizard. 2. Having parts firmly united compact dense applied to solid substances of any king as the close texture of wood or metal. 3. Having parts firmly adhering viscous tenacious as oil, or glue. 4. Confined stagnant without ventilation or motion as close air. 5. Confined retired.
While David kept himself close. 1 Chronicles 12 .
6. Hid private secret as, to keep a purpose close. Numbers 5. Luke 9 . 7. Confined within narrow limits narrow as a close alley. 8. Near within a small distance as a close fight or action. 9. Joined in contact or nearly so crowded as, to sit close. 10. Compressed, as thoughts or words hence, brief concise opposed to loose or diffuse.
Where the original is close, no version can reach it in the same compass.
11. Very near, in place or time adjoining, or nearly so.
I saw him come close to the ram. Daniel 8 .
They sailed close by Crete. Acts 27 .
Some dire misfortune follows close behind.
12. Having the quality of keeping secrets, thoughts or designs cautious as a close minister. Hence in friendship, trusty confidential 13. Having an appearance of concealment implying art, craft or wariness as a close aspect. 14. Intent fixed attentive pressing upon the object as, to give close attention.
Keep your mind or thoughts close to the business or subject.
15. Full to the point home pressing as a close argument bring the argument close to the question. 16. Pressing earnest warm as a close debate. 17. Confined secluded from communication as a close prisoner. 18. Covetous penurious not liberal as a close man. 19. Applied to the weather or air, close, in popular language, denotes warm and damp, cloudy or foggy, or warm and relaxing, occasioning a sense of lassitude and depression. Perhaps originally, confined air. 20. Strictly adhering to the original as a close translation. 21. In heraldry, drawn in a coat of arms with the wings close, and in a standing posture.
Close communion, with baptists, communion in the Lords supper with their own sect only.
Close election, an election in which the votes for different candidates are nearly equal.
CLOSE, adv. Closely nearly densely secretly pressingly.
Behind her death close followed, pace for pace.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (adv.) In a close manner.
(2): (v. t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.
(3): (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; - said of the air, weather, etc.
(4): (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.
(5): (adv.) Secretly; darkly.
(6): (v. t.) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
(7): (v. t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; - specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.
(8): (n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(9): (v. t.) Parsimonious; stingy.
(10): (v. t.) Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
(11): (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
(12): (n.) To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; - often used with up.
(13): (n.) To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.
(14): (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
(15): (v. i.) To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
(16): (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
(17): (v. i.) To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
(18): (n.) The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
(19): (n.) Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
(20): (n.) A grapple in wrestling.
(21): (v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
(22): (n.) A double bar marking the end.
(23): (v. t.) Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
(24): (v. t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
(25): (v. t.) Intimate; familiar; confidential.
(26): (v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
(27): (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; - opposed to open.
(28): (v. t.) Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
(29): (v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
(30): (v. t.) Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
(31): (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
(32): (v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.
(33): (v. t.) Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.
(34): (v. t.) Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; - often followed by to.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
the comparative degree of anchi, "near," is found in Acts 27:13 of sailing "close" by a place.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
klōz , klōs verb, adjective and adverb, ( כּסה , kāṣāh , סגר , ṣaghar ; καμμύω , kammúō ): Other words are ḥārāh , "to burn"; "Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?" ( Jeremiah 22:15 the King James Version), the Revised Version (British and American) "strivest to excel in cedar," margin "viest with the cedar"; ‛ācam , "to harden"; "Yahweh has closed your eyes" ( Isaiah 29:10 ); gādhar , "to hedge" or "wall up" ( Amos 9:11 ); ‛ācar , "to restrain" ( Genesis 20:18 ). In Luke 4:20 , ptússō , "to fold up." the Revised Version (British and American) has "was closed," margin "is opened," for "are open" ( Numbers 24:3 , Numbers 24:15 ), "closed" for "narrow" or "covered" ( Ezekiel 40:16; Ezekiel 41:16 , Ezekiel 41:26 ). To "keep close," sigáō ( Luke 9:36 ), the Revised Version (British and American) "held their peace." We have also "kept close" (the Revised Version (British and American) Numbers 5:13; Hebrew ṣāthar , "to hide"); also Job 28:21; "kept himself close," the Revised Version, margin "shut up" ( 1 Chronicles 12:1 ); "close places," miṣgereth ( 2 Samuel 22:46; Psalm 18:45 = "castles or holds shut in with high walls").
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
is a name for the enclosure of a cathedral, surrounded by a wall, and bordered by the houses of the dignitaries, canons, and minor members of the foundation. Ῥ In the 14th century, Wells, Lichfield, Lincoln, and Exeter were enclosed with walls- and in tile rid-lowing century St. David's (Hereford) and St. Paul's, owing to the acts of violence perpetrated within the precinct by robbers, mid the danger accruing to the canons on their way to church. In the 12th century the canons in English cathedrals had their separate houses, and the dignitaries possessed oratories attached to them. The close included also a chapter-house, library, school, vicars' college and, in some instances, a cloister, as at Hereford, Chichester, Wells, Salisbury. St. Paul's, St. David's, Exeter, and Lincoln. Large gate-houses at various points gave access to the precinct. At Bury St. Edmund's the precinct, in the 10th century, was marked by four crosses, at the four cardinal points of the abbey jurisdiction. Some of the ancient houses remain at Chichester, Exeter, Wells, and Bayeux. Markets, fairs, and every kind of traffic were forbidden in the close, which usually extended to a distance of one hundred and eighty feet on each side pf the church. The well-kept close is peculiar to England.
