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• Roadstead

  ·noun An anchorage off shore. ·same·as <<Road>>, 4. ...

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• roadstead

  See road ...

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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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• 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 ice

  Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....

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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-hearth steel

  ·add. ·- ·see under <<Open>>. ...

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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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• 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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