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and 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…

To join or patch clumsily. If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. P. Fletcher

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant,…

A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.

A joint ally. Kent.

A joint assessor.

A joint legatee.

A joint regent or ruler.

One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.

The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope.

Joint help; coöperation. Sir T. Browne.

Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge.

To join together. [Obs.] Glanvill.

The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.

The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.

for thou art neither king nor queen.'" Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat (Naut.),…

A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

A joint defendant. Blackstone.