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A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries

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A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents. (more info) 1. The act of gaping.

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• TEAR
  A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct
• GAP
  An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass. Miseries ensued by the opening of that
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• GAPESEED
  Any strange sight. Wright.
• MATURITY
  1. The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan. 2. Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination of the period a note,
• ALONGSIDE
  Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
• SUTURE
  The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• GAPER
  1. One who gapes. A European fish. See 4th Comber. A large edible clam , of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam. An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.
• DEFINITE
  1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell. 2. Having certain limits
• GAPES; THE GAPES
  A fit of yawning. A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
• TEARER
  One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• SUTURED
  Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.
• TEARPIT
  A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
• TEARY
  1. Wet with tears; tearful. 2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• MEGAPODE
  Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl under Jungle, and Leipoa.
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• KALONG
  A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• REATTACHMENT
  The act of reattaching; a second attachment.