"close-set" meaning in English

See close-set in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more close-set [comparative], most close-set [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} close-set (comparative more close-set, superlative most close-set)
  1. set close together Synonyms: close set Translations (set close together): tettsittende (english: eyes) (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-close-set-en-adj-P3q3Zmva Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "2005 Marc Ponomareff - the House of the Dead\nAdmittedly it consisted of only two pages of foolscap; but the lines, to my favor, were executed with a fine hand, resulting in close-set characters . . ."
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