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OAKHAM or OAKUM to OPEN with a place
OAKHAM or OAKUM
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OFFING
OFFWARD
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OLERON
OPEN to the wind or sea
OPEN with a place
OPENING to OUT-FIT
OUT OF TRIM to OWNER
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OPEN with a place
OPEN, (ouvert, Fr.) is also expressed of any distant object, to which the light or passage is not intercepted by something lying, or coming between. Thus, to be open with any place, is to be opposite to it; as the entry of a port, road, or haven.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 208, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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