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(), n.[AS. td time; akin to OS. & OFries. td, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. zt, Icel. t, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a- is a negative prefix. 58. Cf. Tidings, Tidy, Till, prep., Time.] 1. Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] "This lusty summer's tide." Chaucer. And rest their weary limbs a tide. Spenser. Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride. Spenser. At the tide of Christ his birth. Fuller. 2. The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposit Tide (), v. t.To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. They are tided down the stream. Feltham. Tide v. i.[AS. tdan to happen. See Tide, n.] 1. To betide; to happen. [Obs.] What should us tide of this new law? Chaucer. 2. To pour a tide or flood. 3. (Naut.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. スポンサード リンク
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