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g or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead. Through the gat…

Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity.

A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.

A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the criminal, or finding the fact of a violent death without disclosing the cause.

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.

l touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open- beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak.

One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.

The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden.

In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson.

The quality or state of being open.

ng so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.

A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.

That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.

A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. [Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]