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• Open

  ·vi To bark on scent or view of the game. II. Open ·adj Produced by an open string; as, an open ton...

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• open

  The situation of a place which is exposed to the wind and sea. Also, applied in meteorology, to mild...

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• Ice

  ·noun Concreted sugar. II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. ...

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• Ice

  Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.) ...

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• Open door

  ·add. ·- Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity. II. Open door ·add. ·...

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• Open sea

  ·add. ·- A sea open to all nations. ·see Mare clausum. ...

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• Open verdict

  ·add. ·- A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the c...

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• Open-air

  ·adj Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting. ...

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• Open-eyed

  ·adj With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. ...

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• Open-handed

  ·adj Generous; liberal; munificent. ...

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• Open-headed

  ·adj <<Bareheaded>>. ...

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• Open-hearted

  ·adj Candid; frank; generous. ...

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• Open-mouthed

  ·adj Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. ...

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• Open place

  Gen. 38:14, 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam (Josh. 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephe...

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• open arse

  A medlar. See medlar. ...

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• to re-open

  To open again.--Webster. This word is much used. The theatre re-opens for the season. The schools re...

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• open hawse

  When a vessel rides by two anchors, without any cross in her cables. ...

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• open list

  One of a ship's books, which contains the whole of the names of the actual officers and crew, in ord...

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• open order

  Any distance ordered to be preserved among ships, exceeding a cable's length. ...

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• open pack

  A body of drift ice, the pieces of which, though very near each other, do not generally touch. It is...

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• open policy

  Where the amount of the interest of the insured is not fixed by the policy, but is left to be ascert...

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• open roadstead

  A place of hazard, as affording no protection either from sea or wind. ...

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• Bay ice

  ·- ·see under <<Ice>>. ...

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• Ice plant

  ·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...

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• Ice-built

  ·adj Loaded with ice. II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice. ...

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• Neapolitan ice

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream. ...

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• Water ice

  ·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection. ...

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• ice-plant

  n. Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...

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• ice-candles

  icicles. Kent. ...

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• ice-bone

  a rump of beef. Norf. ...

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• anchor-ice

  The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...

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• bay-ice

  Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...

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• cake-ice

  Ice formed in the early part of the season. ...

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• drift-ice

  The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.) ...

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• field-ice

  A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...

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• ground-ice

  See anchor-ice. ...

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• ice-anchor

  A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...

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• ice-beams

  Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...

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• ice-birds

  Small sea-fowl in the polar regions. ...

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• ice-blink

  A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...

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• ice-boat

  A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter. ...

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• ice-bound

  A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage. ...

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• ice-chisel

  A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice. ...

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• ice-claws

  A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog. ...

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• ice-fenders

  Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...

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• ice vein

  A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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• ice lane or vein

  A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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• ice-master

  A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea. ...

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• ice-plank

  See spike-plank. ...

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• ice-quake

  The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice. ...

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• ice-saw

  A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...

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• ice-sludge

  Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind. ...

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• ice-tongue

  See tongue. ...

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• land-ice

  Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel. ...

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• light ice

  That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...

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• loose ice

  A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way. ...

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• main-ice

  A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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• old ice

  In polar parlance, that of previous seasons. ...

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• pack-ice

  A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...

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• penknife ice

  A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...

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• piling ice

  In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...

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• sailing ice

  A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...

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• sea-ice

  Ice within which there is a separation from the land. ...

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• slush-ice

  The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing. ...

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• stream-ice

  A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...

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• young ice

  Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...

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• Open-hearth steel

  ·add. ·- ·see under <<Open>>. ...

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• Neapolitan ice cream

  ·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. II. Neapolitan ice cream ·add. ·- An...

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• barrier of ice

  Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...

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• beset in ice

  Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....

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• heavy drift-ice

  Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...

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• hummocks of ice

  Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....

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• island of ice

  A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...

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• vein of ice

  A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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• lane or vein of ice

  A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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• open lower deckers, to

  To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...

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• blink of the ice

  A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...

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• run of the ice

  In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...

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• finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.

  Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

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