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springtide

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spring·tide  (sprngtd)
n.
Springtime.
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Noun1.springtide - a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity"
gush, outpouring, flush - a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
2.springtide - a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons
high tide, high water, highwater - the tide when the water is highest
neap, neap tide - a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon


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And, to complete the whole, Haidee was in the very springtide and fulness of youthful charms -- she had not yet numbered more than twenty summers.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Quoth Robin, "I understand not why those of thy kind live in such a manner that all their wealth passeth from them like snow beneath the springtide sun.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Athanase was fond of this solitude, enlivened by the sparkling water, where the fields were the first to green under the earliest smiling of the springtide sun.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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