Word Meanings - COUPLE-CLOSES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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• 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.
• CLOSETONGUED
  Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.
• Closeting
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• COUPLEBEGGAR
  One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.
• Close-banded
  Closely united.
• Close-tongued
  Closemouthed; silent.
• COUPLECLOSE
  A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. 2. (Arch.)
• Close-barred
  Firmly barred or closed.
• Close-bodied
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
• Close-fights
  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.
• Couple-beggar
  One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
• Closefisted
  Covetous; niggardly.

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