off and on
         adv 1: not regularly; "they phone each other off and on" [syn:
                  {off and on}, {on and off}]

English Dictionary: Opuntia cholla	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
off-and-on adj intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" Synonym(s): fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
off-hand adv without preparation; "I don't know the figures off-hand" Synonym(s): off-hand, ex tempore
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offend v cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" Synonym(s): pique, offend act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" Synonym(s): shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" Synonym(s): hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
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offended adj hurt or upset; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression" Synonym(s): offended, pained
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offender n a person who transgresses moral or civil law [syn: wrongdoer, offender]
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offending adj offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled" Antonym(s): unoffending
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offhand adv without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded, offhandedly in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded, offhandedly adj with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" Synonym(s): ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offhanded adv without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded, offhandedly in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded, offhandedly adj with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" Synonym(s): ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offhandedly adv without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded, offhandedly in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" Synonym(s): offhand, offhanded, offhandedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
open door n the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries Synonym(s): open-door policy, open door freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees"
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open-door policy n the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries Synonym(s): open-door policy, open door
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open-eyed adj carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" Synonym(s): argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful
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opened adj used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" Synonym(s): open, opened Antonym(s): closed, shut made open or clear; "the newly opened road" not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table" Synonym(s): open, opened
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
openmouthed adj with eyes or mouth open in surprise [syn: goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed]
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opium addict n someone addicted to opium [syn: opium addict, {opium taker}]
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opium den n a building where opium is sold and used
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opium taker n someone addicted to opium [syn: opium addict, {opium taker}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Opuntia n large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears Synonym(s): Opuntia, genus Opuntia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Opuntia cholla n arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico Synonym(s): cholla, Opuntia cholla
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Opuntia lindheimeri n cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits [syn: nopal, Opuntia lindheimeri]
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Opuntia tuna n tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica [syn: tuna, Opuntia tuna]
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Opuntiales n coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses [syn: Opuntiales, order Opuntiales]
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oven thermometer n a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obmutescence \Ob`mu*tes"cence\ ([ocr]b`m[usl]*t[ecr]s"s[eit]ns),       n. [L. obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere to become dumb; ob       (see {Ob-}) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr. mutus dumb.]       1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. --Sir T. Browne.          2. A keeping silent or mute. --Paley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obvention \Ob*ven"tion\, n. [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come       before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see {Ob-}) + venire       to come: cf.F. obvention.]       The act of happening incidentally; that which happens       casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.       [Obs.] [bd]Tithes and other obventions.[b8] --Spenser.                   Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great                persons, and other casualities and obventions.                                                                               --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden,       from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.]       1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.          2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.          3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently             auspicious; as, golden opinions.          {Golden age}.             (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of                   manners in rural employments, followed by the silver,                   bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden.             (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.                   14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when                   Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:             (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when                   it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its                   greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been                   considered the golden age of English literature.          {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a             pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the             coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in             London having been Lombards.          {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict.          {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named             from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.          {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium             aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow             flowers.          {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup.          {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle             ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and             North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow             tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety             is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year             is the {ring-tailed eagle}.          {Golden fleece}.             (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken                   from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to                   Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the                   Argonautic expedition.             (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by                   Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also                   {Toison d'Or}.          {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]          {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant             with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}.                      {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who             overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th             century.          {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8])             written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the             13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483,             and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus             entitled.          {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.]          {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;             sufficiency without excess; moderation.                         Angels guard him in the golden mean.   --Pope.          {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African             Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling             moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,             purple, and gold.          {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the             lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and             is so called from having formerly been written in the             calendar in gold.          {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}.          {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}.          {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.                      {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of             plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C.             apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow,             black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common             American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called             {frostbird}, and {bullhead}.          {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab.                      {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by             the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some             church or person in recognition of special services             rendered to the Holy See.          {Golden rule}.             (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.                   Cf. --Luke vi. 31.             (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.          {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula             crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.          {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers             ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet             places in early spring.          {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb             ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock             and large rounded leaves.          {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the             pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow             powder.          {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler             ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow             warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}.          {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous             insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are             golden, blue, and green.          {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: In the expressions [bd]to be, or dwell, upon land,[b8]                [bd]to go, or fare, on land,[b8] as used by Chaucer,                land denotes the country as distinguished from the                town.                            A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the                         country].                                       --Chaucer.          3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet             land; good or bad land.          4. The inhabitants of a nation or people.                         These answers, in the silent night received, The                      kind himself divulged, the land believed. --Dryden.          5. The mainland, in distinction from islands.          6. The ground or floor. [Obs.]                         Herself upon the land she did prostrate. --Spenser.          7. (Agric.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one             of several portions into which a field is divided for             convenience in plowing.          8. (Law) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows,             pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it,             whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand             of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate. --Kent.             Bouvier. Burrill.          9. (Naut.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat;             the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also             {landing}. --Knight.          10. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations,             or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so             treated, as the level part of a millstone between the             furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun             between the grooves.          {Land agent}, a person employed to sell or let land, to             collect rents, and to attend to other money matters             connected with land.          {Land boat}, a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails.          {Land blink}, a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea             over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See {Ice             blink}.          {Land breeze}. See under {Breeze}.          {Land chain}. See {Gunter's chain}.          {Land crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of crabs             which live much on the land, and resort to the water             chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in             the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a             large size.          {Land fish} a fish on land; a person quite out of place.             --Shak.          {Land force}, a military force serving on land, as             distinguished from a naval force.          {Land, ho!} (Naut.), a sailor's cry in announcing sight of             land.          {Land ice}, a field of ice adhering to the coast, in             distinction from a floe.          {Land leech} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions,             live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast.                      {Land measure}, the system of measurement used in determining             the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such             measurement.          {Land, [or] House}, {of bondage}, in Bible history, Egypt; by             extension, a place or condition of special oppression.          {Land o' cakes}, Scotland.          {Land of Nod}, sleep.          {Land of promise}, in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a             better country or condition of which one has expectation.                      {Land of steady habits}, a nickname sometimes given to the             State of Connecticut.          {Land office}, a government office in which the entries upon,             and sales of, public land are registered, and other             business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.]                      {Land pike}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The gray pike, or sauger.             (b) The Menobranchus.          {Land service}, military service as distinguished from naval             service.          {Land rail}. (Zo[94]l)             (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See {Crake}.             (b) An Australian rail ({Hypot[91]nidia Phillipensis});                   -- called also {pectoral rail}.          {Land scrip}, a certificate that the purchase money for a             certain portion of the public land has been paid to the             officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.]          {Land shark}, a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant]                      {Land side}             (a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an                   island or ship, which is turned toward the land.             (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard                   and which presses against the unplowed land.          {Land snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail which lives on land, as             distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and             belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of             warm countries are Di[d2]cia, and belong to the             T[91]nioglossa. See {Geophila}, and {Helix}.          {Land spout}, a descent of cloud and water in a conical form             during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on             land.          {Land steward}, a person who acts for another in the             management of land, collection of rents, etc.          {Land tortoise}, {Land turtle} (Zo[94]l.), any tortoise that             habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See             {Tortoise}.          {Land warrant}, a certificate from the Land Office,             authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land.             [U.S.]          {Land wind}. Same as {Land breeze} (above).          {To make land} (Naut.), to sight land.          {To set the land}, to see by the compass how the land bears             from the ship.          {To shut in the land}, to hide the land, as when fog, or an             intervening island, obstructs the view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Off \Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,       AS. of, adv. & prep. [fb]194. See {Of}.]       In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:          1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile             off.          2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;             as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,             to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to             fly off, and the like.          3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,             interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the             pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.          4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;             as, to look off.          5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]                         The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either                      off or on.                                          --Bp.                                                                               Sanderson.          {From off}, off from; off. [bd]A live coal . . . taken with             the tongs from off the altar.[b8] --Is. vi. 6.          {Off and on}.             (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;                   occasionally.             (b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away                   from, the land.          {To be off}.             (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a                   moment's warning.             (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the                   bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]          {To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.             See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.          {To get off}.             (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.             (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a                   trial. [Colloq.]          {To take off}, to mimic or personate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Off \Off\, prep.       Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed;       two miles off the shore. --Addison.          {Off hand}. See {Offhand}.          {Off side}       (Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in                         front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball                         has been last touched by one of his own side                         behind him.          {To be off color}, to be of a wrong color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,       OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.       to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]       1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in             man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other             animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.          2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the             office of, a human hand; as:             (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or                   any one of the four extremities of a monkey.             (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute                   hand of a clock.          3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a             palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.          4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.                         On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.                                                                               xxxviii. 15.                         The Protestants were then on the winning hand.                                                                               --Milton.          5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;             dexterity.                         He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.                                                                               --Addison.          6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,             manner of performance.                         To change the hand in carrying on the war.                                                                               --Clarendon.                         Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my                      hand.                                                --Judges vi.                                                                               36.          7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or             competent for special service or duty; a performer more or             less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand             at speaking.                         A dictionary containing a natural history requires                      too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be                      hoped for.                                          --Locke.                         I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.                                                                               --Hazlitt.          8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or             running hand. Hence, a signature.                         I say she never did invent this letter; This is a                      man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.                         Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.          9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;             management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in             hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.                         Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the                      goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.          10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to             buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when             new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the             producer's hand, or when not new.          11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear             hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.          12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:             (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the                   dealer.             (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied                   together.          13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,             which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.          Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts                or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the                hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a                symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:             (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the                   head, which implies thought, and the heart, which                   implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every                   man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.             (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.                   [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over                   you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.             (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to                   give the right hand.             (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the                   hand; to pledge the hand.          Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or                without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;                as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:                used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or                handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or                hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand                loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or                hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the                hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or                hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following                paragraph are written either as two words or in                combination.          {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,             papers, parcels, etc.          {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.          {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.             --Bacon.          {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.          {Hand car}. See under {Car}.          {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a             good position of the hands and arms when playing on the             piano; a hand guide.          {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.          {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.          {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,             or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,             may be operated by hand.          {Hand glass}.             (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of                   plants.             (b) A small mirror with a handle.          {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).          {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as             practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.          {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.          {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest             money.          {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank             turned by hand.          {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand             rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.          {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.          {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.          {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or             weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.          {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.             9.          {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or             canceling papers, envelopes, etc.          {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico             ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose             stamens unite in the form of a hand.          {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small             work. --Moxon.          {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as             distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.          {All hands}, everybody; all parties.          {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every             direction; generally.          {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;             on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no             hand consisting with the safety and interests of             humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).          {At hand}.             (a) Near in time or place; either present and within                   reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at                   hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.             (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at                   hand.[b8] --Shak.          {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we             receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive             evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.          {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.          {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from             instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed             a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.          {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of             dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He             that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]             --Job xvii. 9.          {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.          {Hand in hand}.             (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.             (b) Just; fair; equitable.                               As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand                            comparison.                                 --Shak.                            {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands             alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand             over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand             over hand.          {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what             one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand             running.          {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!                      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to             hand contest. --Dryden.          {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.          {In hand}.             (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .                   . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.             (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .                   . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.             (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;                   as, he has the business in hand.          {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.             (a) In one's possession or keeping.             (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my                   hand.          {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,             in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.          {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.          {Note of hand}, a promissory note.          {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,             hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them             to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.          {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.          {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of             goods on hand.          {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.          {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish             ceremony used in swearing.          {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.          {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.          {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.          {To bear a hand}             (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.          {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false             pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under             {Glove}.          {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.                      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling             it.          {To change hand}. See {Change}.          {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.             --Hudibras.          {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by             striking the palms of the hands together.          {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into             possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.          {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]                         Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.                                                                               --Baxter.          {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain             work; to become accustomed to a particular business.          {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or             concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.          {To have in hand}.             (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.             (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.          {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can             do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed             with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with             difficulties.          {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or             get, the better of another person or thing.          {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already             prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.          {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even             conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.          {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.          {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;             to oppose; to kill.          {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other             necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.                      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.          {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.          {To put the}          {last, [or] finishing},          {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to             perfect.          {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.                         That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that                      thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.                                                                               20.          {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.          {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety             for another's debt or good behavior.          {To take in hand}.             (a) To attempt or undertake.             (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.          {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,             or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash             one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.          {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or             signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and             seal of the owner.
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Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offended}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Offending}.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob       (see {Ob-}) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See       {Defend}.]       1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.             Sidney.          2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.                         A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong                      city.                                                --Prov. xviii.                                                                               19.          3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong             light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.          4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]                         Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.          5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to             stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]                         Who hath you misboden or offended.      --Chaucer.                         If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And                      if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.                                                                               v. 29, 3O.                         Great peace have they which love thy law, and                      nothing shall offend them.                  --Ps. cxix.                                                                               165.
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Offendant \Of*fend"ant\, n.       An offender. [R.] --Holland.
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Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offended}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Offending}.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob       (see {Ob-}) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See       {Defend}.]       1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.             Sidney.          2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.                         A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong                      city.                                                --Prov. xviii.                                                                               19.          3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong             light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.          4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]                         Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.          5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to             stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]                         Who hath you misboden or offended.      --Chaucer.                         If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And                      if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.                                                                               v. 29, 3O.                         Great peace have they which love thy law, and                      nothing shall offend them.                  --Ps. cxix.                                                                               165.
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Offender \Of*fend"er\, n.       One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a       wrongdoer.                   I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. --1                                                                               Kings i. 21.
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Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offended}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Offending}.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob       (see {Ob-}) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See       {Defend}.]       1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.             Sidney.          2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.                         A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong                      city.                                                --Prov. xviii.                                                                               19.          3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong             light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.          4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]                         Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.          5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to             stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]                         Who hath you misboden or offended.      --Chaucer.                         If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And                      if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.                                                                               v. 29, 3O.                         Great peace have they which love thy law, and                      nothing shall offend them.                  --Ps. cxix.                                                                               165.
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Offendress \Of*fend"ress\, n.       A woman who offends. --Shak.
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Offhand \Off"hand`\, a.       Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech;       offhand excuses. -- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied       offhand.
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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}.
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Diapason \Di`a*pa"son\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] (i. e., [?] [?] [?]       the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia`       through + [?], gen. pl. of [?] all: cf. F. diapason. Cf.       {Panacea}.]       1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the             tones of the diatonic scale.          2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.                         The fair music that all creatures made . . . In                      perfect diapason.                              --Milton.          3. The entire compass of tones.                         Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The                      diapason closing full in man.            --Dryden.          4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal             diapason.          5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they             extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of             several kinds, as {open diapason}, {stopped diapason},             {double diapason}, and the like.
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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}.
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Diapason \Di`a*pa"son\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] (i. e., [?] [?] [?]       the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia`       through + [?], gen. pl. of [?] all: cf. F. diapason. Cf.       {Panacea}.]       1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the             tones of the diatonic scale.          2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.                         The fair music that all creatures made . . . In                      perfect diapason.                              --Milton.          3. The entire compass of tones.                         Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The                      diapason closing full in man.            --Dryden.          4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal             diapason.          5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they             extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of             several kinds, as {open diapason}, {stopped diapason},             {double diapason}, and the like.
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Open door \O"pen door\             (a) Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome;                   free opportunity.                               She of the open soul and open door, With room                            about her hearth for all mankind. --Lowell.             (b) In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and                   commercial intercourse open to all upon equal terms,                   esp. with reference to a nation whose policy is wholly                   or partially fixed by nations foreign to itself, or to                   territory newly acquired by a conquering nation. In                   this sense, often used adjectively, as, open-door                   system, open-door policy, etc.                               The steps taken by Britain to maintain the open                            door have so far proved to be perfectly futile.                                                                               --A. R.                                                                               Colquhoun.
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Open \O"pen\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.]       1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;             to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering             from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;             to open a letter.                         And all the windows of my heart I open to the day.                                                                               --Whittier.          2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.          3. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.                         The king opened himself to some of his council, that                      he was sorry for the earl's death.      --Bacon.                         Unto thee have I opened my cause.      --Jer. xx. 12.                         While he opened to us the Scriptures. --Luke xxiv.                                                                               32.          4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or             accessible for settlements, trade, etc.                         The English did adventure far for to open the North                      parts of America.                              --Abp. Abbot.          5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open             fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to             open a case in court, or a meeting.          6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton             by separating the fibers.          {To open one's mouth}, {to speak}.          {To open up}, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.                         Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views                      into the character and condition of our [bd]bold                      peasantry, their country's pride.[b8] --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.
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Open-eyed \O"pen-eyed`\, a.       With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. --Shak.
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Open-headed \O"pen-head`ed\, a.       Bareheaded. [Obs.]
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Open-mouthed \O"pen-mouthed`\, a.       Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.       --L'Estrange.
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Opetide \Ope"tide`\, n. [Ope + tide.]       Open time; -- applied to different things:       (a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.             [Archaic] --Nares.       (b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein             marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches.             [Eng.]       (c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to             all kinds of stock. [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell. [Written             also {opentide}.]
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]:
Opination \Op`i*na"tion\, n. [L. opinatio. See {Opine},]       The act of thinking; a supposition. [Obs.]
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Opinative \O*pin"a*tive\, a.       Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [Obs.] --       {O*pin"a*tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Burton. Sir T. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opinative \O*pin"a*tive\, a.       Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [Obs.] --       {O*pin"a*tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Burton. Sir T. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opinator \Op"i*na`tor\, n. [L.]       One fond of his own opinious; one who holds an opinion.       [Obs.] --Glanvill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opine \O*pine"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Opined}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Opining}.] [L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus       (in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner.]       To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. --South.
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Opiniated \O*pin"ia*ted\, a.       Opinionated. [Obs.]
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Opiniative \O*pin"ia*tive\, a.       Opinionative. --Glanvill. -- {O*pin"ia*tive*ly}, adv. --       {O*pin"ia*tive*ness}, n.
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Opiniative \O*pin"ia*tive\, a.       Opinionative. --Glanvill. -- {O*pin"ia*tive*ly}, adv. --       {O*pin"ia*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniative \O*pin"ia*tive\, a.       Opinionative. --Glanvill. -- {O*pin"ia*tive*ly}, adv. --       {O*pin"ia*tive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniator \O`pin*ia"tor\, Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, n.       One who is opinionated. [Obs.] --South. Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniator \O`pin*ia"tor\, Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, n.       One who is opinionated. [Obs.] --South. Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, a.       See {Opiniaster}. [Obs.] --Locke.
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Opiniaster \O`pin*ias"ter\, Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, a. [OF.       opiniastre, F. opini[83]tre. See {Opinion}.]       Opinionated. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Opiniatrety \O`pin*iat"re*ty\, n. [Cf. F. opini[83]tret[82].]       Obstinacy in opinious. [Written also {opiniatry}.] [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniatrety \O`pin*iat"re*ty\, n. [Cf. F. opini[83]tret[82].]       Obstinacy in opinious. [Written also {opiniatry}.] [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cochineal \Coch"i*neal\ (?; 277), [Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L.       coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G.       [?] berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet,       as the cohineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed       of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the       grain of the {Quercus coccifera}; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla       wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.]       A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the       {Coccus cacti}, an insect native in Mexico, Central America,       etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. {Opuntia       cochinellifera}.          Note: These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by                the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry.                When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds,                of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of                the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also                as a red dye.          Note: Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter                carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which                yields carmine red.
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Tuna \Tu"na\, n. (Bot.)       The {Opuntia Tuna}. See {Prickly pear}, under {Prickly}.
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Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.       Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with       prickles; as, a prickly shrub.          {Prickly ash} (Bot.), a prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum             Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the             leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.             The southern species is {X. Carolinianum}. --Gray.          {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of             red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of             the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat             glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in             hot weather.          {Prickly pear} (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the             cactaceous genus {Opuntia}, American plants consisting of             fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly             joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have             many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a             large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.             The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is             {Opuntia vulgaris}. In the South and West are many others,             and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {O.             vulgaris}, {O. Ficus-Indica}, and {O. Tuna} are abundantly             introduced in the Mediterranean region, and {O. Dillenii}             has become common in India.          {Prickly pole} (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris             Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings             of long black prickles.          {Prickly withe} (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant             ({Cereus triangularis}) having prickly, slender, climbing,             triangular stems.          {Prickly rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of South             American burrowing rodents belonging to {Ctenomys} and             allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp             spines.
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Ovant \O"vant\, a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to       exult.]       Exultant. [Obs.] --Holland.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ovando, MT       Zip code(s): 59854
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open DataBase Connectivity          (ODBC) A {standard} for accessing       different {database} systems.   There are interfaces for       {Visual Basic}, {Visual C++}, {SQL} and the ODBC driver pack       contains drivers for the {Access}, {Paradox}, {dBase}, Text,       {Excel} and {Btrieve} databases.          An application can submit statements to ODBC using the ODBC       flavor of SQL.   ODBC then translates these to whatever flavor       the database understands.          ODBC 1.0 was released in September 1992.          ODBC is based on {Call-Level Interface} and was defined by the       {SQL Access Group}.   {Microsoft} was one member of the group       and was the first company to release a commercial product       based on its work (under {Microsoft Windows}) but ODBC is not       a Microsoft standard (as many people believe).          ODBC drivers and development tools are available now for       {Microsoft Windows}, {Unix}, {OS/2}, and {Macintosh}.          [On-line document?]          ["Unix Review", Aug 1995].          (1996-05-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Data-link Interface          (ODI) A {Novell}-developed {network       card} {API} that provides media and {protocol} independence.       It allows the sharing of a single card by multiple {transport       layer} {protocol}s and resolves conflicts.          (1995-03-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open DeathTrap          An abusive hackerism for the {Santa Cruz Operation}'s       {Open DeskTop}.   The funniest part is that this was coined by       SCO's own developers.          Compare {AIDX}, {Macintrash} {Nominal Semidestructor},       {ScumOS}, {sun-stools}, {HP-SUX}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-02-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Desktop          A {Motif}-based graphical       interface from the {Santa Cruz Operation} (SCO), built over       their {Unix} environment, part of the {ACE} initiative.          Also known as "{Open DeathTrap}".          (1995-02-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Distributed Processing          (ODP) An attempt to standardise an {OSI}       {application layer} communications architecture.   ODP is a       natural progression from {OSI}, broadening the target of       standardisation from the point of interconnection to the end       system behaviour.   The objective of ODP is to enable the       construction of {distributed system}s in a multi-vendor       environment through the provision of a general architectural       framework that such systems must conform to.   One of the       cornerstones of this framework is a model of multiple       viewpoints which enables different participants to observe a       system from a suitable perspective and a suitable level of       {abstraction}.          (1995-03-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Distributed System Architecture          (ODSA) A research program sponsored by the UK Department of       Trade and Industry and the Engineering and Physical Sciences       Research Council.          [Details?]          (1995-02-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Document Architecture          (ODA) {ISO} {standard} (8613) for describing       documents.   It allows text, graphics, and facsimile documents       to be transferred between different systems.          {ODIF} is part of ODA.          (1995-03-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Document Interchange Format          (ODIF) Part of the {ODA} standard.          (1996-10-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Document Management API          An open standard allowing desktop       applications to interface with {document management systems}.          {(http://www.activedoc.com)}.          (1997-07-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Network Computing          (ONC) {Sun}'s {network} {protocols}.          [more detail?]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Telecom Platform          (OTP) A set of standard,       {open source} {libraries} and tools for use with {Erlang}.          {(http://www.erlang.org/faq/t1.html#AEN17)}.          (2001-08-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Trading Protocol          {Internet Open Trading Protocol}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OpenDoc          A compound document architecture from {CIL}       based on {CORBA}.   It aims to enable embedding of features       from different {application program}s into a single working       document.          (1997-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OpenTransport          (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of       the {Macintosh} {networking} code including "Classic"       {AppleTalk} and {MacTCP}.   It appeared in {MacOS} revision       7.5.3 [or earlier?   Date?].          (2000-08-13)