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Definition of Closeable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closeable
Literary usage of Closeable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"These trachea; open to the exterior through closeable pores, the stigmata, situated
on the sides of the body; air is taken in through these pores and by ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"The opening above the fire-grate was the whole length of it ; this aperture
closeable more or less at pleasure by a plate of metal, eight or ten inches ..."
3. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1906)
"... thereof be payable to said Philippine government upon demand, ard In default
of such payment the »aid lien shall be immediately fore- closeable. ..."
4. English Crown Grants by Stephen Lyon Mershon (1918)
"may be closeable under statute law, but may also be held open by those proprietors
who hear, heed and obey the mandate of suffering as it speaks by its need ..."
5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"... is free and locomotive, having a discoid base. in the middle of the tentacular
disk (PI. 41. fig. 3 e), and is closeable iu ..."
6. Queer Things about Japan by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1903)
"Here also are some of the delightful tea-gardens—Japanese Tivolis, studded with
summer-houses, closeable for privacy ..."
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