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Door
·noun Passage; means of approach or access. II. Door ·noun An entrance way, but taken in the sense ...

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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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Back door
·- A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. ...

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Without-door
·adj Outdoor; exterior. ...

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Door-keeper
This word is used in Ps. 84:10 (R.V. marg., "stand at the threshold of," etc.), but there it signifi...

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Door-posts
The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth') of their doors (Deut. 6:9)...

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back door
(usher, or gentleman of the) A sodomite. ...

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fire-door
An access to the fire-place of an engine. ...

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

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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...

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barn-door fowl
The common fowl; also so called in Scotland.--Jamieson. Never had there been such slauthering of ca...

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make the door
, or WINDOWS i. e. fasten them. North. Salop, Leic. ...

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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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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...

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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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