Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Half the duration of a single tide; the state of the tide when it is half-way between ebb and flood.
- Half covered by the tide; washed by the waves: as, wet as a half-tide rock: also applied to a low-built vessel over which waves are likely to break.
Examples
“And it must be remembered that the cliff exhibits an intensifying feature which some of those are without — sheer perpendicularity from the half-tide level.”
“At low tide there were acres of mud with screeching gulls scavenging; and at high tide steamerfuls of tourists charging past - with or without thumping music - for a quick trip up through the half-tide lock at Richmond into deeper waters above.”
“The boats put off about half-an-hour before midnight; but, owing to the darkness, and tide and half-tide, which must always make night attacks so uncertain on the coasts of the Channel, the divisions separated.”
“When they were perfect in the relatively simple technique that was necessary, a date was set for the operation when there would be half-tide in the entrance channel at one o'clock in the morning and no moon.”
“It was at half-tide, and we experienced no difficulty in entering.”
“At half-tide on the following morning we crossed the bar, carrying no less than three and a half fathoms, and entered the beautiful river of Morotaba, which we ran up for the first fifteen miles under all sail, with a fresh, leading breeze.”
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
“The timbers of the Golden Island opened with the crash, and she filled, and never lifted or thumped, but lay swept by each billow, like a rock at half-tide, immovable by reason of her heavy cargo.”
“The river rose rapidly after half-tide, and it had reached full height by the time the fresh plugs were ready and the wire and short lines prepared.”
“For the first twenty-five yards its progress was unhindered; then a half-tide ledge barred its way.”
“Crew thought at first they'd reached safety, but they soon found it was only a half-tide ledge.”
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