Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In compact order.
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Examples
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In their eagerness to overhaul their enemy, the Aenir had lost the close-compacted formation of the battle in the valley.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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And still the shuffling tramp of many feet along the dusty road went on and ceased not, the close-compacted column pressed on, breast to back, side to side; a retreat _en masse_, where vacancies in the ranks were filled as soon as made, all moved by one common impulse, to reach the shelter that lay before them and be behind a wall.
The Downfall ��mile Zola 1871
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