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Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. Denham.

A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.

A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.

A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.

from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. -- Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight. -- Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam whi…

a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.

The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation. The explication of our Savior's parables. Atterbury.

A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head.

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

e upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett.

idges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight.

A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures. Kirwan.

Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.

A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.

ters for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.