CLOSE (2)

close (2). Close, [cloze] n. a small inclosed field, end, issue

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Close, v. i. 1. 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.
What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? Byron. 2. 2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
3. 3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.
They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. Prescott. To close on or upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. “Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.” Sir W. Temple. — To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. — To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.