Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-PEN-ING
O-PEN-ING, n. [o'pning.]
- A breach; an aperture; a hole or perforation.
- A place admitting entrance; as, a bay or creek.
- Dawn; first appearance or visibleness; beginning of exhibition or discovery. The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden.
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