tide-rip
Britishnoun
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A landing was made at the mouth of the Columbia in March 1811, and eight lives were lost in an attempt to head small boats up against the tide-rip of river and sea.
From Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Meantime, one moment turning to mark "Rover" fighting the tide-rip, and the next to see Don Benito approaching, he continued walking the poop.
From The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville
You have never been so far with the sloop unless Jake was with you; and isn't there a nasty tide-rip somewhere?
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
How do these thin skin boats escape wreckage on a sea where tide-rip washes over the reefs all summer and ice hummocks sweep out from the shore in winter tempest?
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
"He had better allow for that tide-rip that comes down through, or she'll have her head swung round at this speed before he knows where he is at."
From The Devil's Admiral by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
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