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noun
- cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc. - Webster, 1913
- a fabric treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, [[kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.
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1969 — Ignatius pounded a paw into the on the kitchen table. — w:John Kennedy Toole, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapter 9, Page 224
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1995: When the Lincolns moved into the Wjite House, it was not furnished, there was on the floor in the State Rooms because of the overflow from the spittoons. - w:Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush: A Memoir, p.346.
noun
- A raincoat made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.
noun
- (colour) a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive.
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- cloth of an olive drab colour, used often for military uniforms.
adjective
- (colour) of a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive.
noun
- A sports event in which anybody can contest; as, the Australian Open.
- (electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
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The electrician found the in the circuit after a few minutes of testing. sports event
broken wire
verb
- (transitive) To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible
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Turn the doorknob to the door.
- (transitive) To bring up (a topic).
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I don't want to that subject.
- (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
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I will the shop an hour early tomorrow.
- (transitive) To start (a campaign).
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Vermont will elk hunting season next week.
- (intransitive) To become open
- Adjective, open.
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The door opened all by itself.
- (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
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The shop opens at 9:00.
- (context, intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (context, intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker
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After the first two players fold, Julie opens for $5.
- (context, transitive or intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
adjective ( rfc-level, Adjective at L4+ not in L3 Ety section)
- (not comparable) Which is not closed; accessible; as, an open gate.
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Turn left after the second door.
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1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
- : The road, the dusty highway...
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
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Banks are not on bank holidays.
- (comparable) receptive, Receptive.
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I am to new ideas.
- (not comparable) public, Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.
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He published an letter to the govenor on a full page of the New York Times.
- (not comparable) candid, Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character:
- The man is an book.
noun ( plural organdies)
- A fine, transparent fabric made from cotton, and usually stiffened.
noun
- A thin, stiff, sheer fabric that is made from silk or a synthetic yarn, which resembles organdy, and is used in dressmaking.
proper noun ( wikipedia, Ottoman Empire)
- An Islamic clan occupying present Turkey until 1924.
- A Turk
adjective
- Of the Islamic empire of Turkey
proper noun
- A city in England famous for its university.
- Oxford University.
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