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opetide

opetide


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.]