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close-fisted
Stingy, mean. Common in various dialects of England.--Halliwell. Ibycus is a carking, griping, clos...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
, or close-fights
Certain strong bulk-heads or barriers of wood, formerly stretching across a merchant ship in several places; they were used for retreat and shelter when a ship was boarded by an adversary, and were therefore fitted with loop-holes. Powder-chests were also fixed upon the deck, containing missiles which might be fired from the close quarters upon the boarders. The old slave-ships were thus fitted in case of the negroes rising, and flat-headed nails were cast along the deck to prevent their walking with naked feet. In the navy, yard-arm and yard-arm, sides touching.
Stingy, mean. Common in various dialects of England.--Halliwell. Ibycus is a carking, griping, clos...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.