Definition of open

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Open (v. i.) To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view..

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Water Butt :: Water butt () A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water..
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..
Openwork :: Openwork (n.) Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced..
Uncock :: Uncock (v. t.) To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay..
Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..
Venesection :: Venesection (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Propend :: Propend (v. i.) To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend.
Patent :: Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter..
Reveal :: Reveal (n.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb..
Rift :: Rift (n.) An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
Unclutch :: Unclutch (v. t.) To open, as something closely shut..
Flaring :: Flaring (a.) Opening or speading outwards.
Loaning :: Loaning (n.) An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane..
Bascinet :: Bascinet (n.) A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor..
Pharynx :: Pharynx (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias..
Glade :: Glade (n.) An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) To open the mouth wid.
Arteriotomy :: Arteriotomy (n.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting..
Unclosed :: Unclosed (a.) Not closed; not sealed; open.
Ingenuously :: Ingenuously (adv.) In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.
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