Word Meanings - NIGHTFALL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The close of the day.

• Closereefed
  Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
• 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.
• Close-tongued
  Closemouthed; silent.
• Close-banded
  Closely united.
• CLOSEBANDED
  Closely united.
• Close-barred
  Firmly barred or closed.
• CLOSEBARRED
  Firmly barred or closed.
• Close-bodied
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
• CLOSEBODIED
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
• 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.
• 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.]
• Closefisted
  Covetous; niggardly.
• 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.
• Closehanded
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
• CLOSETONGUED
  Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.
• Closehauled
  Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

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