The flux of the tide, or the time the water continues rising. When the water begins to rise, it is called a young flood, next it is quarter-flood, half-flood, and top of flood, or high water.
·vi Menstrual disharge; menses. II. Flood ·vi The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An event recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. (See Deluge.) In Josh. 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word "flood" (R.V., "...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
The flux of the tide, or the time the water continues rising. When the water begins to rise, it is c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
That which the ship rides by during the flood-tide. ...
The line made by the tide upon the shore at its greatest height; it is also called high-water mark. ...
See flood. ...