Close (?), n. 1. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The doors of plank were; their close exquisite.
Chapman.
2. Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.
His long and troubled life was drawing to a close.
Macaulay.
3. A grapple in wrestling. Bacon.
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.