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Neap

noun
1.
A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.  Synonym: neap tide.






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"Neap" Quotes from Famous Books



... not have escaped notice that the daily tides of the Red Sea are connected with the movements and position of the sun and moon, following those luminaries in the time of their occurrence, and being determined by their respective position as to amount at spring and at neap. But the necessary result of such a view is no other than the admission of the astrological influence of the heavenly bodies; first, as respects inanimate nature, and then as respects the fortune and fate ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper

... in the rules that the primary schools of kippers should get off cheap For a two mile reach off Foulness beach when the July tide's at neap; And the lawless lubbers that lust for loot and filch the yearling stock They get smart raps from the coastguard chaps with ...
— The Battle of the Bays • Owen Seaman



Words linked to "Neap" :   neap tide, high tide, highwater, springtide, high water



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