(a) high water; (b) a large or full-flowing body of water; (c) = main sea, n.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > high (23) main floodc1303 (a) high water; (b) a large or full-flowing body of water; (c) = main sea, n. full flooda1375 The flowing in of the tide. Often in phrases, ebb and flood, †tide of flood; also quarter flood, half flood, full flood, top of flood. Cf. young flood… full sea1390 The volume of water in the sea considered in regard to the ebb and flow of the tide. †full sea, high tide (also figurative) †the sea was in, it was… high water1422 = high tide, n. 2a; the level of the water at a time of high tide. Also: a time when the stream of a river is deep or in spate; the state of a… full water1498 The level of the tide, or of the water in a river or other waterway. full tide1538 = high tide, n. II. (literal and figurative). high tide1546 The tide when the sea is furthest up the shore; the time or state of the tide at its highest level. Cf. high water, n. low tide, n. 1. tide1570 spec. = flood-tide, n. Also figurative. headwater1594 Apparently: = high water, n. Obsolete. rare. young flood1611 the state of a tidal stream as it rises for the first two hours following low water; (also) the period of time when this occurs, or the tidal stream… pleni-tide1617 A full tide or a flood tide (figurative in quot. 1617). top of flood1867 The flowing in of the tide. Often in phrases, ebb and flood, †tide of flood; also quarter flood, half flood, full flood, top of flood. Cf. young flood… Subcategories:— mark (5) — time of (1) — at particular place (2) — interval between moon's transit and (2) — excess of period above solar day (1) |
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