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  • 81spiral spring — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …

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  • 82volute spring — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …

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  • 83Tide jewels — In Japanese mythology, the tide jewels or kanju 干珠 [tide ] ebbing jewel and manju 満珠 [tide ] flowing jewel were magical gems that the Sea God used to control the tides. Classical Japanese history texts record an ancient myth that the ocean kami… …

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  • 84tide — n. rising and falling of the surface of bodies of water 1) a daily; ebb; falling; flood; high, spring; low, neap tide 2) a tide comes in; ebbs, goes out ( trend, tendency ) 3) to buck (AE), go against the tide 4) to go with the tide 5) to stem… …

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  • 85Inferior tide — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …

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  • 86neap tide — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …

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  • 87tide — noun 1 change in the level of the sea ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ flood, incoming, rising ▪ ebb, outgoing ▪ high …

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  • 88Tide Ride — The Tide Ride is a nickname given to any NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car that has carried the sponsorship of the detergent brand Tide, a subsidiary of Procter Gamble over the years.The Tide Ride visited victory lane 20 times in three different car… …

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  • 89tide over — verb suffice for a period between two points This money will keep us going for another year • Syn: ↑bridge over, ↑keep going • Hypernyms: ↑suffice, ↑do, ↑answer, ↑serve …

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  • 90Tide (time) — A tide is an obsolete or archaic term for time, period or season, such as Yuletide, eventide, shrovetide, Eastertide, noontide, etc.The term tide has cognates in other Germanic languages, including Dutch ( tijd ) and German ( Zeit ). In German,… …

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