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lee tide

or leeward tide

noun

a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.

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Nearby words

  1. ledoux, claude nicolas,
  2. ledyard,
  3. lee,
  4. lee gauge,
  5. lee shore,
  6. lee, ann,
  7. lee, charles,
  8. lee, fitzhugh,
  9. lee, francis lightfoot,
  10. lee, henry
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