= CLOSE-FISTEDNESS.
1646. P. Bulkeley, Gospel Covt., III. (1651), 301. There is amongst us a streight-heartednesse, and close-handednesse towards the Lord.
1661. Holyday, Serm. Disloyalty, 28 (T.). By a close-handedness in an instant war, the inhabitants confounded their empire and themselves.
