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Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

The body of servants employed in the kitchen. [Obs.] Holland.

One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. Eph. vi. 6.

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

With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. Shak.

Generous; liberal; munificent. -- O"pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill.

Bareheaded. [Obs.]

Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton.

See under Open.

Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.

One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.

A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. [Colloq.]

A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.

The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge. [U. S.]

Heavy; dull. Shak.

A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.

A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball. [U. S.]

The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.

Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.