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half tide
noun
- the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
half-tide
noun
- the state of the tide between flood and ebb
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Origin of half tide1
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Example Sentences
The polyclads are found below half-tide mark on the under side of stones and on seaweeds.
The calcareous tubes of these animals are seen everywhere below half tide, on rocks, in holdfasts and on kelp (spirobis).
But usually, when a half tide or more was in, a rowboat could be taken up to the landing near the road.
At low water a causeway of rocks joins it to the mainland, but at half-tide even it is impassable, except in a boat on a calm day.
At low tide—or rather, at half tide—may be seen a huge square-headed fissure or cave quite through a portion of La Fauconnaire.
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