Noah Webster
Opening
OPENING, participle present tense 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.