| accent | language, tongue |
| against | in front of, close to |
| a-hold | [nautical] close to the wind [to hold steady] |
| bite one's tongue | stay silent, repress speech |
| bosom | intimate, confidential, close |
| bosomed | intimate, close |
| Bristow | city-port in SW England, close to the mouth of the R Severn |
| brother | fellow-councillor, close adviser |
| buckle | grapple, engage, fight at close quarters |
| buff | close-fitting jacket made of buff worn by constables and soldiers |
| by | near by, close at hand |
| Carthage | capital of the Carthaginian state, 1st millennium BC; close to the later site of Tunis |
| chant it | sing out, give tongue |
| close | enclosed, confined, incarcerated |
| close | secret, concealed, hidden |
| close | closely, staying near |
| close | agree, come to terms, compromise |
| close | tightly, in a close-fitting way |
| close | closely, in a hemmed-in way |
| close | engagement, encounter, confrontation |
| close | safely, secretly, out of sight |
| close | closing cadence, end of a musical theme |
| close | private, secluded, sequestered |
| close | enclose, include, contain |
| close | join, unite, combine [again] |
| close | secretive, tight-lipped, uncommunicative |
| close | securely, in strict confinement |
| close | secret, covert, underhanded |
| close | close together |
| close | embrace, cuddle, hug |
| close | union, uniting |
| close | get to grips, come to close quarters |
| close | finally satisfy, put the finishing touches to |
| close | closed, shut |
| close | tightly, close-fistedly, stintingly |
| close | enclosure, yard |
| close | join, clasp |
| close-stool | chamber-pot enclosed in a stool, privy |
| close-tongued | speaking secretly, tight-lipped |
| closing | agreeing, acquiescing, concurring |
| closure | bringing to an end, conclusion, close |
| clutch | clench, close |
| coif, quoif | close-fitting cap, nightcap |
| conclude | end, finish, close |
| cry | give tongue, cry out |
| doublet | man's close-fitting jacket with short skirt |
| fall | setting, closing [of the day] |
| familiar | close to a family, domestic |
| familiar | unduly intimate, too close |
| familiar | close friend, intimate associate |
| fast | close, very near [to] |
| fat | stuffy, fusty, close |
| fetch | surround, close in upon, capture |
| foot | close behind, closely |
| fork | forked tongue |
| forseal | [unclear usage] seal up close, forestall, prevent |
| gossip | be a close companion, talk together |
| half-sword, at | at the length of a small-sized sword, at close quarters |
| hard | close, near |
| harvest-home | close of the harvesting season |
| hatched | with the upper half closed |
| heel | close behind, in close pursuit |
| hook | stay close behind |
| hug | bed down, curl up, lie close |
| immediate | close in succession, proximate, direct |
| include | conclude, settle, bring to a close |
| instant | imminent, impending, close at hand |
| inward | intimate friend, close acquaintance |
| inwardness | attachment, intimacy, close friendship |
| jerkin | male upper garment, close-fitting jacket [often made of leather] |
| kind | nature, close natural relationship |
| lag | late-coming, last, closing |
| lay | attack at close quarters, lay alongside |
| lewd-tongued | foul-mouthed, scurrilous, abusive |
| long-tongued | chattering, prattling |
| make | make fast, shut, close |
| narrowly | carefully, with close attention |
| near | close to the throne [in order of succession], near relation |
| nearness | intimacy, close relationship |
| neighbour | be close, be well acquainted [with] |
| neighbourhood | friendly relations, close alliance |
| nigh | near, close |
| out-tongue | speak more loudly than, be more persuasive than |
| peep | peer through half-closed eyes |
| Philomel, Philomela | [pron: 'filomel] daughter of Pandion, king of Athens; Tereus raped her and cut out her tongue, but she told the tale in her embroidery; the gods turned her into a nightingale after she took her revenge |
| propinquity | close kinship, blood relationship |
| quoif | close-fitting cap, nightcap |
| seal | [unclear usage] seal up close, forestall, prevent |
| seel | [falconry: sewing up a bird's eyelids, as part of taming] sew up, close up, blind |
| set | fixed, rigid, closed |
| set | close, shut |
| shut up | prevent, bar, close off |
| spend | [hunting] bark, bay, give tongue |
| spring | closing device, locking mechanism |
| stall | keep close, place, stow away |
| stand | stay close, be near at hand |
| still-closing | always coming together [after being divided] |
| stop | note [produced by closing a finger-hole in a wind instrument] |
| stop | means of closing a finger-hole in a wind instrument |
| stop | stop up, close (up), shut |
| stop | staunch, close up, prevent from bleeding |
| stople | [Q variant] stop up, close up, plug |
| strait | tight, close-fitting, narrow |
| strict | tight, close, pressing |
| tongue | speak, babble about, utter |
| tongue | [in expressions] |
| tongue | (plural) foreign language |
| tongue | reproach, censure, berate |
| tongue | speech, expression, language, words, voice |
| tongue | spokesman, voice |
| wink | [of the eyes] close, shut |
| wink | closing of the eyes, shutting, sleep |
| winking | with closed petals |
| winking | with closed eyes |
| winking | closed, shut |