opentide

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opentide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Opetide \Ope"tide`\, n. [Ope + tide.]
     Open time; -- applied to different things:
     (a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.
         [Archaic] --Nares.
     (b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein
         marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches.
         [Eng.]
     (c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to
         all kinds of stock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [Written
         also opentide.]
         [1913 Webster]