What is shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden called?
close — Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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