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ˈtide-ˌwater
Also tidewater.
1. Water brought by the flood-tide.
1799Ld. Hawke in R. Brown Agric. Surv. W. Riding xii. §6. 164 The tide water that has been previously admitted by the flood gate opens the clough again, and discharges itself. 1836Hull & Selby Railw. Act 108 Conveying the tide-water from the river Ouse. 1911Quiller-Couch Shining Ferry vii. 75 A mort o' tide-water have runned up an' down since you spoke they words.
2. U.S. Water affected by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide; tidal water.
1772Va. Statutes at Large (1821) VIII. 564 The extension of the navigation of James river..will be greatly promoted by cutting a canal..from the Westham to the tide water. 1832J. F. Watson Hist. Tales N.Y. 38 [Hudson City] is deemed at the head of tide water and ship navigation. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. ix. 424 The scanty naval stores..had to be transported from tide-water to the lake.
b. attrib. Designating or pertaining to regions situated on tide-water or affected by tides, esp. (also with capital initial) eastern Virginia. Also ellipt., a tide-water region, esp. that of eastern Virginia.
1832J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xviii. 179 The tide-water country of Virginia. 1835Southern Lit. Messenger I. 662 The tranquil and affectionate hearths of tide⁓water Virginia. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 389 Throughout the tide-water district, the whole country is believed to be underlaid by deposits of fossil shells. 1884Century Mag. Apr. 825/2 Mr. Jones..[has] one of those thin, mournful faces common to tide-water Maryland. 1936W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! vii. 222 He didn't listen to the vague and cloudy tales of Tidewater splendor that penetrated even his mountains. 1943Sun (Baltimore) 14 June 10/1 A comprehensive program to increase the annual harvest of the oyster industry has been submitted to conservation authorities in the various tidewater States. 1944L. Mumford Condition of Man vi. 216 The stately tide-water mansions of Virginia. 1949B. A. Botkin Treas. S. Folklore i. ii. 32 Within his state the Southerner thinks in terms of Eastern Shore or Tobacco Country, Tidewater or Valley, [etc.]. 1976Amer. Speech 1974 XLIX. 45 The Delmarva area..comprises southern Delaware, portions of the eastern shore of Maryland, and the peninsula and islands of tidewater Virginia. 1979D. Anthony Long Hard Cure xxi. 166 A hardnosed captain of industry who wanted a pretty mannequin from tidewater aristocracy. 1980Amer. Speech LV. 285 It is common in the Virginia piedmont and tidewater.
c. attrib. Designating bodies of water affected by tides.
1835J. Martin Descr. Virginia 40 A tide water river, or more correctly a bay, the Chowan. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 3 A deep hole in the bed of a tide-water creek. 1939WPA Guide to Florida (1984) ii. 177 Daytona Beach..is a city with a triple waterfront, one on the Atlantic Ocean and one on each side of a tidewater lagoon. |