Word Meanings - CLOSURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

• Shuttlecock
  A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
• Shuttlecork
  See Shuttlecock.
• Closemouthed
  Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
• Shuttlewise
  Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
• CLOSEBANDED
  Closely united.
• Closeness
  The state of being close.
• CLOSEBARRED
  Firmly barred or closed.
• CLOSEBODIED
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
• Closereefed
  Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
• CLOSEFIGHTS
  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.]
• Close-stool
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
• CLOSESTOOL
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.

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