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<DD>c.1205, "to shut, cover in," from O.Fr. <EM>clos-</EM> pp. stem of <EM>clore</EM> "shut," from L. <EM>clausus</EM>, pp. of <EM>claudere</EM> "to close, block up, put an end to, enclose, confine," from PIE base <EM>*klau-</EM> "hook, crooked or forked branch" (used as a bar or bolt in primitive structures); cf. L. <EM>clavis</EM> "key," <EM>clavus</EM> "nail," <EM>claustrum</EM> "bar, bolt, barrier," <EM>claustra</EM> "dam, wall, barricade, stronghold;" Gk. <EM>kleidos</EM> "bar, bolt, key," <EM>klobos</EM> "cage;" O.Ir. <EM>clo</EM> "nail;" O.C.S. <EM>kljucu</EM> "hook, key," <EM>kljuciti</EM> "shut;" Lith. <EM>kliuti</EM> "to catch, be caught on," <EM>kliaudziu</EM> "check, hinder," <EM>kliuvu</EM> "clasp, hang;" O.H.G. <EM>sliozan</EM> "shut," Ger. <EM>schließen</EM> "shut," <EM>Schüßel</EM> "key;" M.Ir. <EM>clithar</EM> "hedge, fence." Replaced O.E. <EM>beclysan.</EM> </DD> |
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