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   open letter
         n 1: a letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended
               for the general public

English Dictionary: offenlegen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
openly
adv
  1. in an open way; "he openly flaunted his affection for his sister"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Open \O"pen\, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan,
      Icel. opinn, Sw. [94]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up.
      Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.]
      1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording
            unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing
            passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to
            passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also,
            to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes,
            baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or
            approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or
            roadstead.
  
                     Through the gate, Wide open and unquarded, Satan
                     passed.                                             --Milton
  
      Note: Also, figuratively, used of the ways of communication
               of the mind, as by the senses; ready to hear, see,
               etc.; as, to keep one's eyes and ears open.
  
                        His ears are open unto their cry.   --Ps. xxxiv.
                                                                              15.
  
      2. Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not
            private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library,
            museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach,
            trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
  
                     If Demetrius . . . have a matter against any man,
                     the law is open and there are deputies. --Acts xix.
                                                                              33.
  
                     The service that I truly did his life, Hath left me
                     open to all injuries.                        --Shak.
  
      3. Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view;
            accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
  
      4. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended;
            expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an
            open prospect.
  
                     Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      5. Hence:
            (a) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere;
                  characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also,
                  generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal
                  appearance, or character, and to the expression of
                  thought and feeling, etc.
  
                           With aspect open, shall erect his head. --Pope.
  
                           The Moor is of a free and open nature. --Shak.
  
                           The French are always open, familiar, and
                           talkative.                                    --Addison.
            (b) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised;
                  exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent;
                  as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
  
                           His thefts are too open.               --Shak.
  
                           That I may find him, and with secret gaze Or
                           open admiration him behold.         --Milton.
  
      6. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing
            water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or
            inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate;
            as, an open season; an open winter. --Bacon.
  
      7. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not
            closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open
            account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity
            open.
  
      8. Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open
            for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
  
      9. (Phon.)
            (a) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the
                  articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the [84]n
                  f[84]r is open as compared with the [be] in s[be]y.
            (b) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply
                  narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
  
      10. (Mus.)
            (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.
            (b) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
  
      {The open air}, the air out of doors.
  
      {Open chain}. (Chem.) See {Closed chain}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Open circuit} (Elec.), a conducting circuit which is
            incomplete, or interrupted at some point; -- opposed to an
            uninterrupted, or {closed circuit}.
  
      {Open communion}, communion in the Lord's supper not
            restricted to persons who have been baptized by immersion.
            Cf. {Close communion}, under {Close}, a.
  
      {Open diapason} (Mus.), a certain stop in an organ, in which
            the pipes or tubes are formed like the mouthpiece of a
            flageolet at the end where the wind enters, and are open
            at the other end.
  
      {Open flank} (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the
            orillon.
  
      {Open-front furnace} (Metal.), a blast furnace having a
            forehearth.
  
      {Open harmony} (Mus.), harmony the tones of which are widely
            dispersed, or separated by wide intervals.
  
      {Open hawse} (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are
            parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. {Foul hawse}, under
            {Hawse}.
  
      {Open hearth} (Metal.), the shallow hearth of a reverberatory
            furnace.
  
      {Open-hearth furnace}, a reverberatory furnace; esp., a kind
            of reverberatory furnace in which the fuel is gas, used in
            manufacturing steel.
  
      {Open-hearth process} (Steel Manuf.), a process by which
            melted cast iron is converted into steel by the addition
            of wrought iron, or iron ore and manganese, and by
            exposure to heat in an open-hearth furnace; -- also called
            the {Siemens-Martin process}, from the inventors.
  
      {Open-hearth steel}, steel made by an open-hearth process; --
            also called {Siemens-Martin steel}.
  
      {Open newel}. (Arch.) See {Hollow newel}, under {Hollow}.
  
      {Open pipe} (Mus.), a pipe open at the top. It has a pitch
            about an octave higher than a closed pipe of the same
            length.
  
      {Open-timber roof} (Arch.), a roof of which the
            constructional parts, together with the under side of the
            covering, or its lining, are treated ornamentally, and
            left to form the ceiling of an apartment below, as in a
            church, a public hall, and the like.
  
      {Open vowel} [or] {consonant}. See {Open}, a., 9.
  
      Note: Open is used in many compounds, most of which are
               self-explaining; as, open-breasted, open-minded.
  
      Syn: Unclosed; uncovered; unprotected; exposed; plain;
               apparent; obvious; evident; public; unreserved; frank;
               sincere; undissembling; artless. See {Candid}, and
               {Ingenuous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Openly \O"pen*ly\, adv. [AS. openlice.]
      1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without
            secrecy.
  
                     How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the
                     precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness!
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
      2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently.
  
                     My love . . . shall show itself more openly. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Opianyl \O"pi*a*nyl\, n. [Opianic + -yl.] (Chem.)
      Same as {Meconin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Opinlate \O*pin"late\, v. t.
      To hold or maintain persistently. [Obs.] --Barrow.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Open Look
  
      A {graphical user interface} and {window
      manager} from {Sun} and {AT&T}.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.graphics.openlook}.
  
      (1995-06-11)
  
  
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