opening (opning)

[ The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden. 3. A breach or gap; a hole or perforation; an aperture; specifically, in arch ., an unfilled part in a wall left for the purpose of admitting light, air, etc.-4. An open or clear space affording approach, entrance, or pa age; an entrance. Wisdom crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates. Prov. i. 20, 21. 5. A clear, unobstructed, or unoccupied space or place; specifically, in the United States, a tract over which there is a deficiency of forest, trees being not entirely wanting, but thinly scattered over the surface as compared with their abundance in an adjacent region. The word is most frequently used with this meaning in Wisconsin and neighboring States on the west, and as the scattered trees are frequently oaks ( Quercus nigra, jack-oak, and Q. obtusiloba, post-oak, are the most common species), such openings are often designated as oak - openings. Similar tracts in the more southern States, especially in Kentucky, are called barrens and oak - barrens. I found it parted out into a great number of walks and alleys, which often widened into beautiful openings , as circles or ovals, set round with yews and cypre es, with niches, grottos, and caves, placed on the sides, encompa ed with ivy. Steele , Spectator, No. 514. The trees, with very few exceptions, were what is called the "burr oak," a small variety of a very extensive genus; and the spaces between them, always irregular, and often of singular beauty, have obtained the name of " openings "; the two terms combined giving their appellation to this particular species of native forest, under the name of Oak Openings . J. F. Cooper , Oak Openings, i. 6. A widening out of a crevice, in consequence of a softening or decomposition of the adjacent rock, which may still remain partly or wholly in its original position, or may have been entirely removed, so as to leave a vacant space con sider able width. In either case, the expanded crevice, or softened material in its vicinity, is called the opening. [Upper Mi i ippi lead region.] 7. An unoccupied place, position, course of action, busine , etc., which may be entered, or the opportunity of entering it; a vacancy; an opportunity; a chance.-8. In law, the state ment of the case made by counsel to the court or jury preliminary to adducing evidence: as, the opening for the plaintiff; the opening for the defendant. More specifically, the right to make such statement and adduce evidence before the adversary: as, if the defendant admits all the facts alleged and only pleads new matter in defense, he the opening. 9. In che - playing, a mode of commencing a game; specifically, one of the numerous series of consecutive moves made at starting which are frequently played and which have been thoroughly investigated by che analysts. In addition to the openings which involve a sacrifice of force for the sake of position, known as gambits (for which see gambit ), the following are to be noted: Fianchetto, 1P-K 4, P-QKt 3; Four Knights game, 1 P-K 4, P-K 4; 2 Kt-KB Kt-KB 3, Kt-QB 3: 3 Kt-B3, Kt-B 3; French game, 1 P-K 4, P-K3; Giuoco Piano, 1P-K4, P-K4; 2 Kt-KB3, Kt-QB 3, 3 B-B 4, B-B4; King's Bishop's opening, 1 P-K 1P-K 4, P-K4; 2 B-B4; Knight's game of Ruy Lopez, 1 P-К 4, Р-К 4; 2 Kt-KB 3, Kt-QB3, 3B-Kt 5; Petroff's defense, 1 P-K 4, P-K4; 2 Kt-KB 3. Kt-KB 3; Philidor's defense, 1 P-K 4, P-K4; 2 Kt-KB3, P-Q3; Staunton's opening, 1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3;3P-B3; Three Knights game, 1 P-K 4, P-K 4:2 Kt-KB 3, Kt-QB 3 (or Kt-KB 3); 3 Kt-B3; Two Knights ' defense, 1 P-K4, P-K 4; 2 Kt-KB 3. Kt-QB 3; 3B-B4, Kt-B3; Vienna opening, 1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 Kt-QB 3.- Atrial opening, buccal openings, esophageal opening, etc. See the adjectives. as picker. AS. open lice (OS. opanlico, openlico = OFries. epplik = D. openlijk = OHG. offanlihho, MHG. affenliche, G. öffentlich ), openly,