CLOSE (3)

close (3). Close, a. shut fast, private, concise, confined, near, reserved, constant, hot, full

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Close (?), n. 1. 1. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. Chapman. 2. 2. Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. Macaulay. 3. 3. A grapple in wrestling. Bacon.
4. 4. (Mus.) (a) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. (b) A double bar marking the end.
At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. Dryden. Syn. — Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.