Definition of "contiguous"

Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, / He sees his little lot the lot of all; / Sees no contiguous palace rear its head / To shame the meanness of his humble shed;

1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland

[…] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.

1835, William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea, page 59

Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.

1886, Frank Hamilton Cushing, A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth