Definition of ebb

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Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

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Pebble :: Pebble (n.) Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians..
Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian..
Yapock :: Yapock (n.) A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum..
Reflux :: Reflux (n.) A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides..
Web :: Web (n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
Reciprocation :: Reciprocation (n.) Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides..
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow..
Cobblestone :: Cobblestone (n.) A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.
Ebbing :: Ebbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eb.
Fissipedia :: Fissipedia (n. pl.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia..
Palmiped :: Palmiped (n.) A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.
Webbed :: Webbed (a.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls..
Scree :: Scree (n.) A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris..
Webbed :: Webbed (a.) Provided with a web.
Blebby :: Blebby (a.) Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass..
Beach :: Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Webber :: Webber (n.) One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster.
Chisley :: Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
Anseres :: Anseres (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc..
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