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  • 111ebb tide —   a falling tide …

    Geography glossary

  • 112Ebb Vale — Ẹbb Vale   [ veɪl], Industriestadt in der County Gwent, Südwales, am Nordrand des südwalisischen Industrie und Bergbaugebietes, 24 400 Einwohner; Einkaufszentrum; Eisenindustrie seit 1789, Stahlwerk seit 1866; 1937 mit staatlicher Förderung… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 113ebb and flow — receding and advancing of the ocean tide, fluctuating movement, rise and fall of anything; (Slang) ups and downs …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 114ebb and tide — receding and advancing of the ocean tide, fluctuating movement, rise and fall of anything …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 115ebb tide — tide in the process of ebbing; receding tide; time between high water and flowing back of the tide …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 116ebb and flow — 1) to keep becoming smaller or weaker and then larger or stronger Enthusiasm for reform ebbed and flowed. 2) to keep changing between two states The battle ebbed and flowed around them …

    English dictionary

  • 117ebb tide — /ˈɛb taɪd/ (say eb tuyd) noun the reflux of the tide; the retiring tide …

  • 118ebb and flow — The coming in and going out of tide. An expression used formerly to denote the limits of admiralty jurisdiction …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 119ebb and flow — The coming in and going out of tide. An expression used formerly to denote the limits of admiralty jurisdiction …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 120ebb and flow — The coming in and the falling back of the tide. A rejected test of navigability of water. 56 Am J1st Wat § 178 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary