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One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

One who discloses.

A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks.

One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.

d, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im*pe`ri*al*is"tic (#), a.

at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift. -- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. -- Boots a…

Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For servecy, no lady closer." Shak.

To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.

or spring with violence or haste. And crop-full, out of doors he flings. Milton. I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. Mrs. Browning. To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.

ther suo Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. Dryden. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii. 24.

shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. -- To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.

Narrowed at the forward end; -- said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

To embrace closely; to hug. Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. Pope.

pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.

h difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii. 24. I am a kind of bur; I shall stick. Shak. If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown, 'T will ever stick through malice of your own. Young.

A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]