vicinage; neighborhood, adjacency; contiguity &c 199.
short distance, short step, short cut; earshot, close quarters,
stone's throw; bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot; hair's breadth, span.
purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours [Fr.],
suburbs, confines, banlieue†, borderland; whereabouts.
bystander; neighbor, borderer†.
approach &c 286; convergence &c 290; perihelion.
V. be near &c adj.; adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge
upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp,
hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn.
touch &c 199; bring near, draw near &c 286; converge &c 290; crowd
&c 72; place side by side &c adv..
Adj. near, nigh; close at hand, near at hand; close, neighboring;
bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining; proximate, proximal;
at hand, handy; near the mark, near run; home, intimate.
Adv. near, nigh; hard by, fast by; close to, close upon; hard upon; at
the point of; next door to; within reach, within call, within hearing,
within earshot; within an ace of; but a step, not far from, at no great
distance; on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of; in the
environs &c n.; at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's
finger's end, at one's side; on the tip of one's tongue; under one's
nose; within a stone's throw &c n.; in sight of, in presence of; at
close quarters; cheek by jole†, cheek by jowl; beside, alongside, side
by side, tete-a-tete; in juxtaposition &c (touching) 199; yardarm to
yardarm, at the heels of; on the confines of, at the threshold,
bordering upon, verging to; in the way.
about; hereabouts, thereabouts; roughly, in round numbers;
approximately, approximatively†; as good as, well-nigh.