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n.
A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
n.
Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
a.
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
v.
A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
pl.
of Tidesman
n.
A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.
v. i.
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
n.
A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
a.
Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
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.
n.
A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.
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Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
n.
Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
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Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.
n.
A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
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A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
n.
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
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A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
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A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
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