Definition of open

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Open (v. i.) To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy..

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Portsale :: Portsale (n.) Public or open sale; auction.
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod..
Campania :: Campania (n.) Open country.
Larypgismus :: Larypgismus (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening..
Glottis :: Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
Xystus :: Xystus (n.) A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather..
Unbarricade :: Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.
Bias :: Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination..
Gabion :: Gabion (n.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement..
Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..
Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Key :: Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem..
Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..
Field :: Field (n.) An open space; an extent; an expanse.
Trow :: Trow (n.) A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely..
Unsluice :: Unsluice (v. t.) To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.
Apert :: Apert (adv.) Openly.
Profert :: Profert (n.) The exhibition or production of a record or paper in open court, or an allegation that it is in court..
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..
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