Word Meanings - HOISTWAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An opening for the hoist, or
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- OPENNESS
The quality or state of being open. - OPEN SEA
A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum. - HOIST
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. - HOISTAWAY
A mechanical lift. See Elevator. - HOISTWAY
An opening for the hoist, or - OPEN
1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures - OPEN-MOUTHED
Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange. - OPENLY
1. 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. 2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently. My love . . . shall show - OPEN-HEARTH STEEL
See OPEN - OPENER
One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton. - OPENWORK
A quarry; an open cut. Raymond. (more info) 1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced. - OPEN DOOR
Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity. She of the open soul and open door, With room about her hearth for all mankind. Lowell. In modern diplomacy, opportunity for political and commercial intercourse open to all upon - OPEN-HEARTED
Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton. - OPENBILL
A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open- beak. See Illust. , under Beak. - OPEN VERDICT
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. - OPEN-AIR
Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting. - OPEN-HANDED
Generous; liberal; munificent. -- O"pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill. - OPEN-EYED
With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. Shak. - OPEN-HEADED
Bareheaded. - OPENING
1. 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. 2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw - PROPENE
See PROPYLENE - PROPENSE
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n. - SCOLOPENDRINE
Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra. - TWOPENNY
Of the value of twopence. - PROPENSION
The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak. - COPENHAGEN
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. 2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope. - REOPEN
To open again. - SCOLOPENDRA
A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped. 2. A sea fish. Spenser. - SLOPENESS
State of being slope. Sir H. Wotton. - WOPEN
Wept. Chaucer. - EYE OPENER
That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or , a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.