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Open
·vi To bark on scent or view of the game.
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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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Headed
·adj Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
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Open door
·add. ·- Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity.
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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-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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Addle-headed
·adj ·Alt. of Addle-pated.
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Beetle-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Bluff-headed
·adj Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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Buckler-headed
·adj Having a head like a buckler.
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Buffle-headed
·adj Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.
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Clear-headed
·adj Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
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Cool-headed
·adj Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
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Double-headed
·adj Having two heads; bicipital.
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Dunder-headed
·adj Thick-headed; stupid.
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Feather-headed
·adj Giddy; frivolous; foolish.
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Flat-headed
·adj Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
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Giddy-headed
·adj Thoughtless; unsteady.
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Gross-headed
·adj Thick-skulled; stupid.
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Hard-headed
·adj Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
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Heavy-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Hot-headed
·adj Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
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Idle-headed
·adj Foolish; stupid.
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Janus-headed
·adj Double-headed.
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Light-headed
·adj Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
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Mad-headed
·adj Wild; crack-brained.
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Muddy-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Mushroom-headed
·adj Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a m...
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Nail-headed
·adj Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
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Nott-headed
·adj Having the hair cut close.
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Pig-headed
·adj Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
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Pudding-headed
·adj <<Stupid>>.
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Puzzle-headed
·adj Having the head full of confused notions.
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Rattle-headed
·adj Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
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Rug-headed
·adj Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
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Sheep-headed
·adj Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
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Shock-headed
·adj Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
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Soft-headed
·adj Weak in intellect.
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Thick-headed
·adj Having a thick skull; stupid.
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Thorn-headed
·adj Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
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Triple-headed
·adj Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.
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Wagon-headed
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beetle-headed
Dull, stupid.
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bottle-headed
Void of wit.
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buffle-headed
Confused, stupid.
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chuckle-headed
Stupid, thick-headed.
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hulver-headed
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mutton-headed
Stupid.
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pig-headed
Obstinate.
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totty-headed
Giddy, hare-brained.
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watery-headed
Apt to shed tears.
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dansey-headed
giddy, thoughtless. Norf. and Suff.
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dausey-headed
giddy, thoughtless. Norf. and Suff.
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stag-headed
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bluff-headed
When a ship has but a small rake forward on, being built with her stem too straight up.
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chowder-headed
Stupid, or batter-brained.
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chuckle-headed
Clownishly stupid; lubberly.
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dead-headed
Timber trees which have ceased growing.
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Open-hearth steel
·add. ·- ·see under <<Open>>.
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crowdy-headed jock
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pudding-headed fellow
A stupid fellow, one whose brains are all in confusion.
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woolly-headed grass
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an indigenousAustralian grass, Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br.
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double-headed maul
One with double faces; top-mauls in contradistinction to pin-mauls.
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double-headed shot
Differing from bar-shot by being similar to dumb-bells, only the shot are hemispherical.
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hammer-headed shark
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saucer-headed bolts
Those with very flat heads.
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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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