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close a EDD ~ adj 4 for sense 1; SMYTH 192 close-aboard 'alongside' for
phr in sense 2.
1 Of bread, heavy, close-textured; cp
DUNCH1.
T 80/2-64 They'd have this old-fashioned
bakepot, and the cover will be down and the bread will rise up to the cover and [can't]
expand any more, and it'd be a little bit close, but the taste of it was beautiful. 1971
NOSEWORTHY 194 Close bread [is] bread with too much salt which has been kneaded too hard,
and does not rise very well.
2 Of sea-ice, packed in a
dense floe.
[1907] 1979 Nfld Qtly Fall, p. 22 It would be
impossible for them to get ahead unless we made a track for them, ice is very close and
heavy and we [in the Adventure] can only make slow progress.
3 Phr close aboard: near, alongside.
1924 ENGLAND 314 Close aburd to dat. P 54-67 ~ Near to. 'Close
aboard of the church.'
close-reef breeze: stiff breeze.
1909 BROWNE 231 We left Chimney Tickle with a flowing tide and a
'close-reef' breeze.
close-rigged gear: in long-line
fishing, lines with hooks set closely together.
1963 TEMPLEMAN
& FLEMING 7 The gear used in [long-lining] experiments was of the same type, standard
gear (50-52 hooks per line) ... some 'close rigged' gear (80-82 hooks per line) and
'far-away' gear (33-34 hooks per line).
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