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ˈtide-mark
The mark left or reached by the tide at high or (rarely) low water; by extension, the mark left by a river flood. Also, a post or the like set up to mark the rise and fall of, or the point reached by the tide. Also fig.; spec. a line of dirt left on a surface, esp. at the limit to which water has reached (cf. high-water mark c).
1799Scotl. Described (ed. 2) 16 Shells have been discovered..at a considerable distance above the highest tide-mark. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. liv, Red landmarks and tidemarks stuck out of the mud. 1861J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd. II. Cœlent. 232 Many..Actinidæ, it is well known, are numerous between tide-marks, the common Sea-anemone tending to encroach upon the line of high water. 1865Geo. Eliot Ess. (1884) 203 A particular class of facts..in their relation to certain grand tide-marks of opinion. 1907Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 4/4 You may still trace the tidemark of the flood by tufts of dried grass and driftwood sticking in the branches above your head. 1907N. Munro Daft Days xxii. 190 With a smut on your nose and tide-marks on your eyebrows. 1928Daily Express 20 Dec. 5/3 Your fur collar leaves a horrid tide-mark after it has been worn for a time. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 197 A tide-mark of grit..running round the bath. 1957J. M. Mackintosh in ‘C. H. Rolph’ Human Sum ix. 177 The succession of tide⁓marks round the necks of my young patients. 1973C. Egleton Seven Days to Killing ii. 27 She..casually lit a cigarette; pink lipstick formed a tide-mark around the filter tip. 1976T. Heald Let Sleeping Dogs Die i. 21 From the hooks..she took three cups, chipped..and with tidemarks of tea clearly visible an inch below the rim. 1977A. Carter Passion of New Eve ix. 113 Dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago. |