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Webster 1913 Edition

Opening

O′pen-ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance;
as, the
opening
of a speech
.
The
opening
of your glory was like that of light.
Dryden.
2.
A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
We saw him at the
opening
of his tent.
Shakespeare
3.
Hence:
An opportunity;
as, an
opening
for business
.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.
5.
A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; a clearing;
as, oak
openings
.
[U.S.]
Cooper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Opening

OPENING

,
ppr.
o'pning. Unclosing; unsealing; uncovering; revealing; interpreting.

OPENING

,
Noun.
o'pning.
1.
A breach; an aperture; a hole or perforation.
2.
A place admitting entrance; as a bay or creek.
3.
Dawn; first appearance or visibleness; beginning of exhibition or discovery.
The opening of your glory was like that of light.

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