obnoxious
         adj 1: causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and
                  objectionable person" [syn: {objectionable}, {obnoxious}]

English Dictionary: offensive	by the DICT Development Group
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obnoxiously adv in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" Synonym(s): offensively, objectionably, obnoxiously
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obnoxiousness n the quality of being hateful [syn: hatefulness, obnoxiousness, objectionableness]
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of necessity adv in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective" Synonym(s): inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, needs
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of unsound mind adj not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial Synonym(s): non compos mentis(p), of unsound mind(p)
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off one's guard adj not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard" Synonym(s): napping, off-guard(a), off guard(p), off one's guard(p), off his guard, off her guard, off your guard
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offence n the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence, offensive] the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score Synonym(s): offense, offence Antonym(s): defence, defending team, defense a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" Synonym(s): umbrage, offense, offence a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others Synonym(s): discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" Synonym(s): crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
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offenceless adj incapable of offending or attacking [syn: offenseless, offenceless]
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offense n a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others Synonym(s): discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" Synonym(s): umbrage, offense, offence (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" Synonym(s): crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score Synonym(s): offense, offence Antonym(s): defence, defending team, defense the action of attacking an enemy Synonym(s): offense, offence, offensive
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offenseless adj incapable of offending or attacking [syn: offenseless, offenceless]
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offensive adj violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" Synonym(s): offensive, violative for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons" Antonym(s): defensive causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" Antonym(s): inoffensive, unoffending morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal" Synonym(s): unsavory, unsavoury, offensive Antonym(s): savory, savoury unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" Antonym(s): inoffensive substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'" Synonym(s): dysphemistic, offensive Antonym(s): euphemistic, inoffensive causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" Synonym(s): nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile n the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence, offensive]
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offensive activity n a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others Synonym(s): discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
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offensively adv in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed" Antonym(s): inoffensively in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" Synonym(s): offensively, objectionably, obnoxiously in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean" Antonym(s): defensively
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offensiveness n the quality of being offensive [syn: offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness]
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offing n the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing" the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
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open account n credit extended by a business to a customer [syn: {credit account}, charge account, open account] an unpaid credit order
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open chain n a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring Antonym(s): closed chain, ring
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open circuit n an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows Antonym(s): closed circuit, loop
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open house n an informal party of people with hospitality for all comers
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open sandwich n sandwich without a covering slice of bread [syn: {open-face sandwich}, open sandwich]
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open secret n something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known; "their love affair was an open secret"
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open sesame n any very successful means of achieving a result a magical command; used by Ali Baba
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open shop n a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union
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open sight n rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope
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open society n a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy); "America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists"
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open-chain adj having an open chain structure [syn: acyclic, {open- chain}] Antonym(s): cyclic
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open-class word n a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned Synonym(s): content word, open-class word
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open-collared adj of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck; "dressed casually in shorts and an open-collared shirt"
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open-source adj of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available
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opencast adj (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" Synonym(s): opencast, opencut
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opencast mining n the mining of ore or coal from an open mine [syn: {strip mining}, opencast mining]
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opencut adj (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" Synonym(s): opencast, opencut
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openness n without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of the prairies" characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive Synonym(s): openness, nakedness Antonym(s): closeness, secretiveness willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal" Synonym(s): receptiveness, receptivity, openness
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openside plane n a woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets [syn: {openside plane}, rabbet plane]
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Oven Stuffer n a brand name for a roasting chicken [syn: Oven Stuffer, Oven Stuffer Roaster]
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Oven Stuffer Roaster n a brand name for a roasting chicken [syn: Oven Stuffer, Oven Stuffer Roaster]
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oven-shaped adj shaped like an oven
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obey \O*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob[82]ir, fr. L. obedire,       oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See {Audible}, and       cf. {Obeisance}.]       1. To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield             submission to; to comply with the orders of.                         Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi.                                                                               1.                         Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? --Milton.          2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.                         My will obeyed his will.                     --Chaucer.                         Afric and India shall his power obey. --Dryden.          3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a             ship obeys her helm.
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Obeyingly \O*bey"ing*ly\, adv.       Obediently; submissively.
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Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([ocr]b*n[ocr]k"sh[ucr]s), a. [L.       obnoxius; ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]       1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with             to.                         The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to                      their particular laws.                        --Bacon.                         Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public                      than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.                         Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton.          2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;             blameworthy. [bd]The contrived and interested schemes of .             . . obnoxious authors.[b8] --Bp. Fell.                         All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like                      fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your                      scepter.                                             --Waller.          3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a             minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --             {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([ocr]b*n[ocr]k"sh[ucr]s), a. [L.       obnoxius; ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]       1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with             to.                         The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to                      their particular laws.                        --Bacon.                         Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public                      than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.                         Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton.          2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;             blameworthy. [bd]The contrived and interested schemes of .             . . obnoxious authors.[b8] --Bp. Fell.                         All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like                      fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your                      scepter.                                             --Waller.          3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a             minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --             {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([ocr]b*n[ocr]k"sh[ucr]s), a. [L.       obnoxius; ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]       1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with             to.                         The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to                      their particular laws.                        --Bacon.                         Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public                      than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.                         Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton.          2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;             blameworthy. [bd]The contrived and interested schemes of .             . . obnoxious authors.[b8] --Bp. Fell.                         All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like                      fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your                      scepter.                                             --Waller.          3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a             minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --             {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obomegoid \Ob`o*me"goid\, a. [Pref. ob- + omegoid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Obversely omegoid.
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Obuncous \Ob*un"cous\, a. [L. obuncus; ob (see {Ob-}) + uncus       hooked.]       Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. --Maunder.
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Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.       1. The act, or the result, of misruling.          2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.                         Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.   --Pope.          {Abbot}, [or] {Lord}, {of Misrule}. See under {Abbot}, and             {Lord}.
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Necessity \Ne*ces"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Necessities}. [OE. necessite,       F. n[82]cessit[82], L. necessitas, fr. necesse. See       {Necessary}.]       1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or             absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.          2. The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing             need; indigence; want.                         Urge the necessity and state of times. --Shak.                         The extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was                      in.                                                   --Clarendon.          3. That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite;             something indispensable; -- often in the plural.                         These should be hours for necessities, Not for                      delights.                                          --Shak.                         What was once to me Mere matter of the fancy, now                      has grown The vast necessity of heart and life.                                                                               --Tennyson.          4. That which makes an act or an event unavoidable;             irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical             or moral; fate; fatality.                         So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's                      plea, excused his devilish deeds.      --Milton.          5. (Metaph.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the             subjection of all phenomena, whether material or             spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.          {Of necessity}, by necessary consequence; by compulsion, or             irresistible power; perforce.          Syn: See {Need}.
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Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,       to use. See {Use}, v. t.]       1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's             service; the state of being so employed or applied;             application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,             the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general             use.                         Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.                         This Davy serves you for good uses.   --Shak.                         When he framed All things to man's delightful use.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no             further use for a book. --Shak.          3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of             being used; usefulness; utility.                         God made two great lights, great for their use To                      man.                                                   --Milton.                         'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.          4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;             usage; custom; manner; habit.                         Let later age that noble use envy.      --Spenser.                         How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me                      all the uses of this world!               --Shak.          5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]                         O C[91]sar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.          6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any             diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford             use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.                         From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but                      one use.                                             --Pref. to                                                                               Book of Common                                                                               Prayer.          7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of             borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]                         Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use                      and principal, to him.                        --Jer. Taylor.          8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.             opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. {Operate}.]             (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use             imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the             holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is             intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and             limited to A for the use of B.          9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,             as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by             hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.          {Contingent}, [or] {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come             into operation on a future uncertain event.          {In use}.             (a) In employment; in customary practice observance.             (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.          {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage.          {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable.          {Out of use}, not in employment.          {Resulting use} (Law), a use, which, being limited by the             deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to             him who raised it, after such expiration.          {Secondary}, [or] {Shifting}, {use}, a use which, though             executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.             --Blackstone.          {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.             10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites             the use and possession.          {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive             service from; to use.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
9. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which,             anything is, or is done; by.                         And told to her of [by] some.            --Chaucer.                         He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of                      all.                                                   --Luke iv. 15.                         [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.                                                                               --Luke iv. 1,                                                                               2.          Note: The use of the word in this sense, as applied to                persons, is nearly obsolete.          10. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or             connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the             Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.          11. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.]             [bd]O miserable of happy.[b8] --Milton.          12. During; in the course of.                         Not be seen to wink of all the day.   --Shak.                         My custom always of the afternoon.   --Shak.          Note: Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense.                [bd]The love of God[b8] may mean, our love for God, or                God's love for us.          Note: From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense                retained in off, the same word differently written for                distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most                of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare                endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal                figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the                cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the                price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes                property or possession, or a relation of some sort                involving connection. These applications, however all                proceeded from the same primary sense. That which                proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing,                either has had, or still has, a close connection with                the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of                mere connection, not involving at all the idea of                separation.          {Of consequence}, of importance, value, or influence.          {Of late}, recently; in time not long past.          {Of old}, formerly; in time long past.          {Of one's self}, by one's self; without help or prompting;             spontaneously.                         Why, knows not Montague, that of itself England is                      safe, if true within itself?               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guard \Guard\, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf.       OHG. wart, marto, one who watches, mata a watching, Goth.       wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.]       1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger,             exposure, or attack; defense; protection.                         His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft.                                                                               --Shak.          2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a             person or position; a watch; a sentinel.                         The guard which kept the door of the king's house.                                                                               --Kings xiv.                                                                               27.          3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a             conductor. [Eng.]          4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure             against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as:             (a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.             (b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a                   garment.             (c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person                   or dress.             (d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a                   vessel.             (e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull;                   esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of                   strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond                   the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft                   against collision.             (f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock                   frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a                   bow, to protect the trigger.             (g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in                   a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when                   filled.          5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber             exercise.          6. An expression or admission intended to secure against             objections or censure.                         They have expressed themselves with as few guards                      and restrictions as I.                        --Atterbury.          7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.          8. (Zo[94]l.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone             of the Belemnites.          Note: Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as,                guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard                duty.          {Advanced guard}, {Coast guard}, etc. See under {Advanced},             {Coast}, etc.          {Grand guard} (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line             belonging to a system of advance posts of an army.             --Mahan.          {Guard boat}.             (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war                   in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good                   lookout.             (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the                   observance of quarantine regulations.          {Guard cells} (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they             are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll.          {Guard chamber}, a guardroom.          {Guard detail} (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc.,             detailed for guard duty.          {Guard duty} (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc.,             performed by a sentinel or sentinels.          {Guard lock} (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or             basin.          {Guard of honor} (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to             accompany eminent persons.          {Guard rail} (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a             main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard             against derailment.          {Guard ship}, a war vessel appointed to superintend the             marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English             service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed             among their respective ships.          {Life guard} (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the             person of a prince or high officer.          {Off one's guard}, in a careless state; inattentive;             unsuspicious of danger.          {On guard}, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as             a guard or sentinel; watching.          {On one's guard}, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant.          {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or             sentinel.          {To run the guard}, to pass the watch or sentinel without             leave.          Syn: Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort;                care; attention; watch; heed.
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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Offence \Of*fence"\, n.       See {Offense}.
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Offense \Of*fense"\, Offence \Of*fence"\, n. [F., fr. L.       offensa. See {Offend}.]       1. The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin,             an affront or an injury.                         Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised                      again for our justification.               --Rom. iv. 25.                         I have given my opinion against the authority of two                      great men, but I hope without offense to their                      memories.                                          --Dryden.          2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;             displeasure.                         He was content to give them just cause of offense,                      when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]                         Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.                                                                               xviii. 7.          Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It                ought, however, to undergo the same change with                expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s                must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found                in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.          {To take offense}, to feel, or assume to be, injured or             affronted; to become angry or hostile.          {Weapons of offense}, those which are used in attack, in             distinction from those of defense, which are used to             repel.          Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;                trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;                affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
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Offense \Of*fense"\, Offence \Of*fence"\, n. [F., fr. L.       offensa. See {Offend}.]       1. The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin,             an affront or an injury.                         Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised                      again for our justification.               --Rom. iv. 25.                         I have given my opinion against the authority of two                      great men, but I hope without offense to their                      memories.                                          --Dryden.          2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;             displeasure.                         He was content to give them just cause of offense,                      when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]                         Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.                                                                               xviii. 7.          Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It                ought, however, to undergo the same change with                expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s                must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found                in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.          {To take offense}, to feel, or assume to be, injured or             affronted; to become angry or hostile.          {Weapons of offense}, those which are used in attack, in             distinction from those of defense, which are used to             repel.          Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;                trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;                affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
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Offenseful \Of*fense"ful\, a.       Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.       [R.]
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Offenseless \Of*fense"less\, a.       Unoffending; inoffensive.
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Offensible \Of*fen"si*ble\, a.       That may give offense. [Obs.]
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Offension \Of*fen"sion\, n. [OF., fr. L. offensio an offense.]       Assault; attack. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See {Offend}.]       1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;             displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.          2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;             revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive             sounds. [bd]Offensive to the stomach.[b8] --Bacon.          3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,             used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an             offensive war; offensive weapons.          {League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all             the parties to it to make war together against any foe,             and to defend one another if attacked.          Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;                abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;                reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;                scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --                {Of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fen"sive*ness}, n.
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Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, n.       The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack;       aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; --       opposed to {defensive}.          {To act on the offensive}, to be the attacking party.
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Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See {Offend}.]       1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;             displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.          2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;             revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive             sounds. [bd]Offensive to the stomach.[b8] --Bacon.          3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,             used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an             offensive war; offensive weapons.          {League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all             the parties to it to make war together against any foe,             and to defend one another if attacked.          Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;                abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;                reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;                scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --                {Of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fen"sive*ness}, n.
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Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See {Offend}.]       1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;             displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.          2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;             revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive             sounds. [bd]Offensive to the stomach.[b8] --Bacon.          3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,             used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an             offensive war; offensive weapons.          {League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all             the parties to it to make war together against any foe,             and to defend one another if attacked.          Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;                abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;                reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;                scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --                {Of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fen"sive*ness}, n.
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Offing \Off"ing\, n. [From {Off}.]       That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or       where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also,       distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing;       we saw a ship in the offing.
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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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Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.]       1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected,             or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as             of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and             transmission of mechanical power, etc.                         [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v.                                                                               29.          2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a             bond; as, the chains of habit.                         Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying                      worm.                                                --Milton.          3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things             connected and following each other in succession; as, a             chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.          4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used             in measuring land.          Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists                of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and                ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the                total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a                measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land                measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an                acre.          5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to             bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the             channels.          6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight.          {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for             transmitting power.          {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables,             anchors, etc.          {Chain bolt}             (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate,                   which fastens it to the vessel's side.             (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of                   position.          {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}.          {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a             suspension bridge.          {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links.          {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus             {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian             rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in             groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When             perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.          {Chain coupling}.             (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting                   a chain with an object.             (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars                   with a chain.          {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together.          {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about             the deck.          {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal             links wrought into the form of a garment.          {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a             chain, used in the Normal style.          {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain.          {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with             iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers             or tiers.          {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or             bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging             is fastened.          {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of             its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links             of a chain.          {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical             problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion,             by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the             consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the             next, the relation between the first antecedent and the             last consequent is discovered.          {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain,             formerly used in naval warfare on account of their             destructive effect on a ship's rigging.          {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}.          {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}.          {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the             chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91]             are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see             {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open             extended form.          {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a             link.
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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}.
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]:
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]:
Open sea \Open sea\ (Internat. Law)       A sea open to all nations. See {Mare clausum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. [?][?][?][?],       [?][?][?]: cf. F. s[82]same.] (Bot.)       Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus {Sesamum}       ({S. Indicum}, and {S. orientale}), from the seeds of which       an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds       of these plants, sometimes used as food. See {Benne}.          {Open Sesame}, the magical command which opened the door of             the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of [bd]The             Forty Thieves;[b8] hence, a magical password.          {Sesame grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Gama grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sight \Sight\, n. [OE. sight, si[?]t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht,       gesih[?], gesieh[?], gesyh[?]; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht,       gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See       {See}, v. t.]       1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view;             as, to gain sight of land.                         A cloud received him out of their sight. --Acts. i.                                                                               9.          2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of             perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.                         Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine                      begin to dazzle.                                 --Shak.                         O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton.          3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;             open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space             through which the power of vision extends; as, an object             within sight.          4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.                         Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great                      sight, why the bush is not burnt.      --Ex. iii. 3.                         They never saw a sight so fair.         --Spenser.          5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.                         Why cloud they not their sights?         --Shak.          6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the             sight of only one person.          7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was             harmless. --Wake.                         That which is highly esteemed among men is                      abomination in the sight of God.         --Luke xvi.                                                                               15.          8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and             by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as,             the sight of a quadrant.                         Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.                                                                               --Shak.          9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech,             muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and             the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the             eye is guided in aiming. --Farrow.          10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as             of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the             border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space,             the opening.          11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.             [Now colloquial]          Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the                best usage. [bd]A sight of lawyers.[b8] --Latimer.                            A wonder sight of flowers.            --Gower.          {At sight}, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a             draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a             person at sight.          {Front sight} (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.          {Open sight}. (Firearms)             (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may                   be seen, in distinction from one that hides the                   object.             (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an                   aperture.          {Peep sight}, {Rear sight}. See under {Peep}, and {Rear}.          {Sight draft}, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the             payment of money at sight.          {To take sight}, to take aim; to look for the purpose of             directing a piece of artillery, or the like.          Syn: Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation;                exhibition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Openness \O"pen*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being open.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opianic \O`pi*an"ic\, a. [From {Opium}.] (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained       by the oxidation of narcotine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniaster \O`pin*ias"ter\, Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, a. [OF.       opiniastre, F. opini[83]tre. See {Opinion}.]       Opinionated. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opiniastrous \O`pin*ias"trous\, a.       See {Opiniaster}. [Obs.].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opinicus \O*pin"i*cus\, n. (Her.)       An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an       eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented       without wings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opium \O"pi*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] poppy juice, dim. of [?]       vegetable juice.] (Chem.)       The inspissated juice of the {Papaver somniferum}, or white       poppy.          Note: Opium is obtained from incisions made in the capsules                of the plant, and the best flows from the first                incision. It is imported into Europe and America                chiefly from the Levant, and large quantities are sent                to China from India, Persia, and other countries. It is                of a brownish yellow color, has a faint smell, and                bitter and acrid taste. It is a stimulant narcotic                poison, which may produce hallicinations, profound                sleep, or death. It is much used in medicine to soothe                pain and inflammation, and is smoked as an intoxicant                with baneful effects.          {Opium joint}, a low resort of opium smokers. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ovum \[d8]O"vum\, n.; pl. L. {Ova}, E. {Ovums}. [L., an egg.       See {Oval}.]       1. (Biol.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of             granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication             and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a             new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or             germ cell. See Illust. of {Mycropyle}.          Note: The ovum is a typical cell, with a cell wall, cell                substance, nucleus, and nucleolus. In man and the                higher animals the cell wall, a vertically striated                membrane, is called the zona pellucida; the cell                contents, the vitellus; the nucleus, the germinal                vesicle; and the nucleolus, the germinal spot. The                diameter of the ripe ovum in man and the domestic                animals varies between 1-200 and 1-120 of an inch.          2. (Arch.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into             which the ovolo is often carved. --Gwilt.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Obion County, TN (county, FIPS 131)       Location: 36.36145 N, 89.14659 W       Population (1990): 31717 (13359 housing units)       Area: 1411.4 sq km (land), 27.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
open source n.   [common; also adj. `open-source'] Term coined    in March 1998 following the Mozilla release to describe software    distributed in source under licenses guaranteeing anybody rights to    freely use, modify, and redistribute, the code.   The intent was to    be able to sell the hackers' ways of doing software to industry and    the mainstream by avoid the negative connotations (to {suit}s) of    the term "{free software}".   For discussion of the followon tactics    and their consequences, see the Open Source Initiative    (http://www.opensource.org) site.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
open switch n.   [IBM: prob. from railroading] An unresolved    question, issue, or problem.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Graphics Library          (OpenGL) A multi-{platform} software       interface to graphics hardware, supporting {rendering} and       {imaging} operations.   The OpenGL interface was developed by       {Silicon Graphics}, who license it to other vendors.          The OpenGL graphics interface consists of several hundred       functions operating on 2D and 3D objects, supporting basic       techniques, such as {modelling} and {smooth shading}, and       advanced techniques, such as {texture mapping} and {motion       blur}.   Many operations require a {frame buffer}.   OpenGL is       {network-transparent}, and a common extension to the {X Window       System} allows an OpenGL {client} to communicate across a       network with a different vendor's OpenGL {server}.          OpenGL is based on Silicon Graphics' proprietary {IRIS GL}.          {OpenGL WWW Center (http://www.sgi.com/Technology/openGL/)}.          {Mesa GL (http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~brianp/Mesa.html)} (PD       implementation).          (1996-09-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Scripting Architecture          (OSA) A {CIL} approach to the coexistence of multiple       scripting systems.          (1995-03-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Shortest-Path First          {Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol          (OSPF) A {link state routing       protocol} that is one of the {Internet} standard {Interior       Gateway Protocols} defined in {RFC 1247}.          There is no OSPF {EGP}, OSPF is an IGP only.          [Relationship to {Internet Protocol} packet routing?]          {OSPF Design Guide       (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/1.html)}.          (2002-06-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Software Foundation          (OSF) A foundation created by nine computer vendors,       ({Apollo}, {DEC}, {Hewlett-Packard}, {IBM}, {Bull}, {Nixdorf},       {Philips}, {Siemens} and {Hitachi}) to promote "Open       Computing".   It is planned that common {operating system}s and       interfaces, based on developments of {Unix} and the {X Window       System} will be forthcoming for a wide range of different       hardware architectures.   OSF announced the release of the       industry's first open {operating system} - OSF/1 on 23 October       1990.          (1994-11-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
open source          A method and philosophy for software       licensing and distribution designed to encourage use and       improvement of software written by volunteers by ensuring that       anyone can copy the {source code} and modify it freely.          The term "open source" is now more widely used than the       earlier term "{free software}" (promoted by the {Free Software       Foundation}) but has broadly the same meaning - free of       distribution restrictions, not necessarily free of charge.          There are various {open source licenses} available.       Programmers can choose an appropriate license to use when       distributing their programs.          The {Open Source Initiative} promotes the {Open Source       Definition}.          {The Cathedral and the Bazaar       (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar.html)}.       was a seminal paper describing the open source phenomenon.          {Open Sources - O'Reilly book with full text online       (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/perens.html)}.          {Articles from ZDNet       (http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/opensource/)}.          (1999-12-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Source Definition          (OSD) Definition of distribution terms for {open       source} software, promoted by the {Open Source Initiative}.          {Home (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html)}.          (1999-11-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Source Initiative          (OSI) An organisation dedicated to managing and       promoting the {Open Source Definition} for the good of the       community.          {Home (http://www.opensource.org/)}.          (1999-11-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open source license          Any document that attempts to specify {open source}       usage and distribution of software.   These licenses are       usually drafted by experts and are likely to be more legally       sound than one a programmer could write.   However, loopholes       do exist.          Here is a non-exhaustive list of open source licenses:          1. {Public Domain} - No license.          2. {BSD} License - An early open source license          3. {General Public License} (GPL) - The {copyleft} license of       the {Free Software Foundation}.   Used for {GNU} software and       much of {Linux}.          4. {Artistic License       (http://www.my-opensource.org/Artistic.txt)} Less restrictive       than the GPL, permitted by {Perl} in addition to the GPL.          5. {Mozilla Public Licenses (http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/)}.       (MPL, MozPL) and Netscape Public License (NPL).          ["Open Sources", pub. O'Reilly, {full text       (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/perens.html)}].          (1999-11-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
open switch          ({IBM}, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue,       or problem.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Systems Interconnect          (OSI-RM, OSI Reference Model, seven layer model)       A model of network architecture and a suite of {protocols} (a       {protocol stack}) to implement it, developed by {ISO} in 1978       as a framework for international {standards} in heterogeneous       computer {network} architecture.          The OSI architecture is split between seven {layers}, from       lowest to highest: 1 {physical layer}, 2 {data link layer}, 3       {network layer}, 4 {transport layer}, 5 {session layer}, 6       {presentation layer}, 7 {application layer}.          Each layer uses the layer immediately below it and provides a       service to the layer above.   In some implementations a layer       may itself be composed of sub-layers.          OSI is the umbrella name for a series of non-proprietary       protocols and specifications, comprising, among others, the       OSI Reference Model, ASN.1 ({Abstract Syntax Notation 1}), BER       ({Basic Encoding Rules}), {CMIP} and {CMIS} (Common Management       Information Protocol and Services), {X.400} (Message Handling       System, or MHS), {X.500} (Directory Service), {Z39.50} (search       and retrieval protocol used by {WAIS}), and many others.       Apart from its actual application to real protocols, it also       serves as a useful teaching model.          (2002-05-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open Systems Interconnection          {Open Systems Interconnect}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
open/closed principle          A principle used in {OOPL} which states       that a {class} must be open and closed where open means it has       the ability to be extended and closed means it cannot be       modified other than by extension.          The idea is that once a class has been approved for use having       gone through code reviews, unit tests, and other qualifying       procedures, you don't want to change the class very much, just       extend it.   In practice the open/closed principle simply means       making good use of {abstraction} and {polymorphism}.          (1997-09-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
open-collar worker          Someone who works at home or telecommutes.          (1997-04-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OpenGL          {Open Graphics Library}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OpenStep          An {object-oriented} {application       programming interface} (API) derived from {NEXTSTEP} and       proposed as an {open standard} by {NeXT} in 1994.          OpenStep is the specification of the object kits of NEXTSTEP.       OPENSTEP/Mach was an implementation of this specification.       The original, OPENSTEP version 4.0, and really was NEXTSTEP 4.       {Rhapsody} was the codename for {Apple}'s {Mac OS X} Server,       which is really NEXTSTEP 5 (it calls itself "kernel 5.3" at       boot time).          OpenStep was designed to be implemented independently of the       computer's operating system, hardware, and user interface.       The {API} for {Rhapsody} will be a superset of {OpenStep}'s.          When the OpenStep {API} is implemented for a specific platform       and made into a product, it is written in uppercase,       e.g. OPENSTEP Developer 4.2 for Mach, or OPENSTEP Enterprise       for {Windows NT} and {Windows 95}.   Versions of OPENSTEP exist       for Windows 95/NT, Solaris, HP/UX, and Mach.          (1999-11-25)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Offence       (1.) An injury or wrong done to one (1 Sam. 25:31; Rom. 5:15).                (2.) A stumbling-block or cause of temptation (Isa. 8:14;       Matt. 16:23; 18:7). Greek skandalon, properly that at which one       stumbles or takes offence. The "offence of the cross" (Gal.       5:11) is the offence the Jews took at the teaching that       salvation was by the crucified One, and by him alone. Salvation       by the cross was a stumbling-block to their national pride.