buckram vs close

verb

noun

A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

verb

To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To make a sale.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
To obstruct (an opening).
To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
To turn off; to switch off.

noun

The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
An end or conclusion.
A grapple in wrestling.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
A double bar marking the end.
A street that ends in a dead end.

adj