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A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights. Henry the Eight had built . . . a cockpit. Macaulay.

The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26.

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

A cap. Specifically: (a) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. (b) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [Writting also quoif.] From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke. The judges, . . . althout they a…

Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n.

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder.…

To put a collar on. To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it close with a string preparatory to cooking it.

Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage…

United closely; confederated; chemically united.

blicly admit oneself to be homosexual. -- To come out with, to give publicity to; to disclose. -- To come over. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. "Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to them." Addison.

as for stretching wire, etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on the ring.

bureau. (b) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel. (c) A kind of close stool.

An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.

act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion. Close communion. See under Close, a. -- Communion elements, the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper. -- Communion service, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor. -- Commu…

Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense. Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies. Sir I. Newton.

Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [Obs.] "With comely compass and compacture strong." Spenser.