1. In a close manner.
2. Secretly; darkly. [Obs.] A wondrous vision which did close imply The course of all her fortune and posterity. Spenser.
CLOSE-BANDED
Close"-band`ed, a.
Defn: Closely united.
CLOSE-BARRED
Close"-barred`, a.
Defn: Firmly barred or closed.
CLOSE-BODIED
Close"-bod`ied, a.
Defn: Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
CLOSE-FIGHTS
Close"-fights`, n. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: 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. [Obs.]