Consequently we were drifting about on the stream and likely to be swept down by the ebb tide.
It was two hours past midnight and the ebb tide set in.
That evening, with the ebb tide, the ice slackened, and the order was given to steam ahead.
The ebb tide after noon was against us, and the wind being light, we were making no progress.
The ebb tide, however, was beginning to run and helped her across the shoals.
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ebb tide
Flood tide andebbtide, late dawns and early nights—these will occur whether the closing time is 36, 42, or 48 hours.
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The behaviour occurred only with anebbtide.
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Atebbtide, water pressure decreases and water, moved by gravity, flows down.
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A pronounced tidal asymmetry with anebbtidelasting twice as long as the flood tide is characteristic of the area.
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Progress southwards was complicated by silt in the water that impeded rowing, theebbtidein the river, and the misty weather.
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What is to happen at theebbtideto those who came in at the flood?
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I contend that there are opportunities for reversing the flow and encouraging theebbtide.
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The strong northerly wind had built up the raging sea so much that it completely discounted theebbtide.
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Those are theebbtidehours.
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I have seen fishing boats rushing out on anebbtidegoing at an enormous speed—10 knots, because the tide was already going at four or five knots.
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Tradesmen and shopkeepers of all kinds are alarmed because of falling receipts over the counters, and overall there is a general atmosphere of industrialebbtide.
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There was then anebbtide.
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When the tide is coming to the full, when the rising tide is flowing or anebbtideis racing out, then the great currents run clearly.
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Note the tidal bore takes place during the flood tide and never during theebbtide.
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In tidal zones, the current in rivers and streams may reverse on the flood tide before resuming on theebbtide.
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