close-set en · ADJ
Meanings
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set close together
2005 Marc Ponomareff - the House of the Dead Admittedly it consisted of only two pages of foolscap; but the lines, to my favor, were executed with a fine hand, resulting in close-set characters . . .
1856 Catalogue of apodal fish: in the collection of the British Museum Fore half of the mandible armed by two rows of teeth ; the outer row consisting of 10 or 11 close-set low teeth, having compressed but not pointed tips.
But the feature of them that made the most startling impression upon their prisoner was their white skins—neither in color nor feature was there a trace of the negroid about them. Yet, with their receding foreheads, wicked little close-set eyes, and yellow fangs, they were far from prepossessing in appearance.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 165:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| close set | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most close-set | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more close-set | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
nb tettsittende (set close together)