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clost adjective, adverb Pronunciation of close; hence superlative form clostest.

1863 Griffin CW Letters (July 15) it is the first time I have bin clost to eny corn. 1891 Brown Dialect in TN 172 In oncet, twicet, acrost, dost, and clost, we have a final t added. 1937 Thornburgh Great Smoky Mts 133 I left whar I was and went up whar the men wuz, and stayed thar and watched them clost as I could. 1942 Hall Phonetics Smoky Mts 92 Many speakers pronounce the following words with excrescent final t: cliff, trough; close, dose. 1971 AOHP/ALC-147 I wouldn’t know where the clostest doctor [was]. 1989 Matewan OHP-22 When he got there, he drove the wagon just clost up to the house as he could.