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A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The w…

The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. A new developmen…

The entire compass of tones. Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.

e to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.

The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure. He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.

To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating. Burrill.

Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.

wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.

oundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

Eyelids or eyelashes. And closing eaves of wearied eyes. Tennyson. Eaves board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eave…

A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

nd effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. Losing her, the end of living lose. Dryden. When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. Coleridge.

That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.