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ebb tide

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ebb tide
n.
The receding or outgoing tide; the period between high water and the succeeding low water.
ebb tide  (b)
The period between high tide and low tide during which water flows away from the shore. Also called falling tide. Compare flood tide. See more at tide.
Translations
ebb tide n → marea menguante
ebb tide n → marée descendante, reflux m
ebb tide ebb n → Ebbe f
ebb tide n → marea discendente


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But I should say that if he turns up anywhere, he'll come ashore somewhere about Grinidge to-morrow, at ebb tide, eh, mate?
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was floating down the broad Ugambi with ebb tide and current.
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The leaded windows were bright and speckless, and the door-stone was as clean as a white boulder at ebb tide.
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