Definition of tide

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Tide (prep.) A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood..

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Cystoidean :: Cystoidean (n.) Same as Cystidean.
Race :: Race (n.) A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney..
Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..
Lammas :: Lammas (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide..
Apogean :: Apogean (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee..
Undertide :: Undertide (n.) Alt. of Undertim.
Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance..
Wintertide :: Wintertide (n.) Winter time.
Whitsun :: Whitsun (a.) Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals..
Tideless :: Tideless (a.) Having no tide.
Tide :: Tide (prep.) Time; period; season.
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Plastide :: Plastide (n.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon.
Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar..
Euphotide :: Euphotide (n.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro..
Pentecostal :: Pentecostal (a.) Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow..
Drover :: Drover (n.) A boat driven by the tide.
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