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.]
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