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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See open-tide, 1.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Archaic, engraving, Prov. Eng., engraving, Prov. Eng. The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.
  • noun engraving, Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng. The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches.
  • noun Prov. Eng. The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock.

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  • Example: "She was tremulous with a joy that was new to her, greater than any joy she had known. Her soul was as a flower in its opetide. She was in love." - Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm.

    June 6, 2012