Definition
Near in time or place; very close.
In Context
- "So back they ran to the Abbey, dodged the Baronet, armed themselves, and got the old pointer Mark'em (named after his profession and the keeper at a blow) close to their heels, and, by skirting outhouses and slinking under walls, escaped to the security that favors the commencement of adventures of this sort, and made for the coverts of the park."