Definition of open

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Open (a.) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone..

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Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
Chap :: Chap (v. t.) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
Unbarricade :: Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.
Fenestration :: Fenestration (n.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions..
Opening :: Opening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ope.
Scolopendrine :: Scolopendrine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
Spank :: Spank (n.) A blow with the open hand; a slap.
Open :: Open (v. i.) To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted..
Drosometer :: Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew..
Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..
Ajar :: Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar..
Lap :: Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)..
Jaw :: Jaw (n.) A notch or opening.
Twopenny :: Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.
Campania :: Campania (n.) Open country.
Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..
Fenes-tella :: Fenes-tella (n.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like..
Sluice :: Sluice (n.) Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply..
Thwart :: Thwart (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat..
Kyanize :: Kyanize (v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure..
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