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A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.

• Applique
  Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, applique lace; applique work.
• Closereefed
  Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
• CLOSEBARRED
  Firmly barred or closed.
• 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.
• CLOSEBODIED
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
• Appliable
  Applicable; also, compliant.
• Fittable
  Suitable; fit.
• 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.]
• Appliance
  The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
• Closeting
  of Closet
• Fittedness
  The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation.
• 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.
• Applicability
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• Close-banded
  Closely united.

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