ebbedadj.
/ɛbd/ a. That has flowed back. Also in extended use (with down).
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1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 204 A fresh flood of the ebbed waters of a wide sea of troubles.
1922 J. Galsworthy Forsyte Saga, Indian Summer v The beat of life vehemently impressed his ebbed-down senses.
b. That has been left dry by the falling tide.
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1859 A. Smith in Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 121 I can wander on the ebbed beach.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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