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Webster 1913 Edition
Closet
1.
A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
A chair-lumbered
closet
, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith.
When thou prayest, enter into thy
closet
. Matt. vi. 6.
2.
A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
Dryden.
Closet sin
, sin commited in privacy.
Bp. Hall.
Clos′et
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Closeted
p. pr. & vb. n.
Closeting
.] 1.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
[R.]
Bedlam’s
closeted
and handcuffed charge. Cowper.
2.
To make into a closet for a secret interview.
He was to call a new legislature, to
closet
its members. Bancroft.
He had been
closeted
with De Quadra. Froude.
Webster 1828 Edition
Closet
CLOSET
,Noun.
1.
A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.When thou prayest, inter into thy closet. Mat. 6.
2.
An apartment for curiosities or valuable things.3.
A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.CLOSET
,Verb.
T.