Ōpe'-tide, n.

n. [From ope and tide, it being the time when the flowers open.] Open time; — applied to different things; as, (a.) To the early spring, or the time when flowers begin to open. Nares. (b.) To the period between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday, wherein marriages were formerly celebrated openly or publicly in churches. Halliwell. (c.) To the time after harvest when the common fields are open to all manner of stock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [Written also open-tide.]