Opetide \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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