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Low tide   /loʊ taɪd/   Listen
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Low  adj.  (compar. lower; superl. lowest)  
1.
Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
2.
Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
3.
Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
4.
Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
5.
Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
6.
Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
7.
(Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
8.
(Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
9.
Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
10.
Numerically small; as, a low number.
11.
Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
12.
Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. "Why but to keep ye low and ignorant?"
13.
Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
14.
Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison. "In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull."
15.
Submissive; humble. "Low reverence."
16.
Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
17.
Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
18.
Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
19.
Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet. Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.
Low Church. See High Church, under High.
Low Countries, the Netherlands.
Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin, etc.
Low life, humble life.
Low milling, a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings.
Low relief. See Bas-relief.
Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediaeval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building.
Low spirits, despondency.
Low steam, steam having a low pressure.
Low steel, steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter; popularly so called.
Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.
Low water.
(a)
The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc.
(b)
(Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.
Low water alarm or Low water indicator (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.
Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest.
Low wine, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; often in the plural.





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... now a very beautiful and well-kept place. Among other repairs and buildings he had re-roofed the great hall that stood just within Morton's gateway; he had built a long pier into the Thames where the barge could be entered easily even at low tide; he had rebuilt the famous summerhouse of Cranmer's in the garden, besides doing many sanitary alterations and repairs; and the house was well kept up in ...
— By What Authority? • Robert Hugh Benson
... complaints, on which account he had severely reprehended the commanders of the troops, threatening them with a similar punishment with what had been inflicted on the lord of Nauhtlan. He had sounded the river of Huatzcoalco, where he found three fathoms water on the bar at low tide in the shallowest part, and still deeper within, where there was a place very proper for a naval establishment. The caciques and natives treated him with much hospitality, and offered themselves as vassals to our emperor, ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr
... puffy and uncertain, and it would have been more to our advantage had it been stronger. San Rafael Creek, up which we had to go to reach the town, and turn over our prisoners to the authorities, ran through wide-stretching marshes, and was difficult to navigate on a falling tide, while at low tide it was impossible to navigate at all. So, with the tide already half-ebbed, it was necessary for us to make time. This the heavy junk prevented lumbering along behind and holding the Reindeer back by just so much ...
— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London
... astonishing and beautiful monuments of the Catholic and feudal age. Its fortifications, and the halls, church, and cloisters of the chivalrous and monastic fraternities of which it was the seat, rise like an efflorescence from the solitary cone of granite, surrounded at low tide by the vast flat of sand, at high tide by the sea. Gothic architecture, to which we are apt to attach the notion of a sort of infantine unconsciousness, here seems consciously to revel and disport itself in its power, and to exult in investing the sea-girt rock with ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 • Various
... without risking the loss of boats and men; the sailors, therefore, threw themselves into the water, and by dint of industry and efforts, were enabled to raise their boats, and fix them on some rocks which were dry at low tide. ...
— The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea • George Collingridge


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