Definition of open

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Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length..

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Insurgent :: Insurgent (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
Micropyle :: Micropyle (n.) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule..
Opponency :: Opponency (n.) The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree..
Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively..
Pronity :: Pronity (n.) Proneness; propensity.
Resonator :: Resonator (n.) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid..
Snatch Block :: Snatch block () a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
Manometer :: Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump..
Explicative :: Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Gate :: Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture.
Opetide :: Opetide (n.) Open time; -- applied to different thing.
Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..
Drawbar :: Drawbar (n.) An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train..
Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..
Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..
Opening :: Opening (n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings..
Ran :: Ran (n.) Open robbery.
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