Definition of tide

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Tide (prep.) The period of twelve hours.

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Low :: Low (superl.) Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide..
Tideway :: Tideway (n.) Channel in which the tide sets.
Lactide :: Lactide (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance..
Girt :: Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
Atlantes :: Atlantes (n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides..
Go-out :: Go-out (n.) A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out..
Atlantides :: Atlantides (n. pl.) The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas..
Opetide :: Opetide (n.) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Apogean :: Apogean (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee..
Polycystid :: Polycystid (n.) One of the Polycystidea.
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..
Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..
Reflux :: Reflux (n.) A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides..
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..
Indin :: Indin (n.) A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol..
Morningtide :: Morningtide (n.) Morning time.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..
Twelfth-day :: Twelfth-day (n.) See Twelfthtide.
Tided :: Tided (a.) Affected by the tide; having a tide.
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