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  • noun Plural form of tidemark.

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Examples

  • The bergs in the neighbourhood were very large, several being over 200 ft. high, and some of them were firmly aground, showing tidemarks.

    South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006

  • Scattered in the distance down the mountainsides were terraces which circled the hills like green tidemarks, villagers grazing their cows and goats, people washing their clothes in the river, wooden makeshift dwellings, tall pines and Himalayan weeds with the power to heal diseases that usually carried death sentences.

    Excerpt: The Seduction of Silence by Bem Le Hunte 2003

  • It varies in size and colour between tidemarks, being sometimes long and ribbon-like, of a violet or purple hue; sometimes long and broad, whilst changing to a reddish purple, or yellow.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • I went yesterday on an expedition to see the remains of a forest which exists between tidemarks at a place called Amroth, near here.

    The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

  • Another exciting game which tests the Scoutcraft of a patrol is that where they approach the shore in a boat and look out for marks which have been told to them, and, on finding these, they land, find a map hidden away, which gives further clues by means of landmarks, compass directions, tidemarks, and so on, to where the hidden treasure is to be found.

    Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899

  • I went yesterday on an expedition to see the remains of a forest which exists between tidemarks at a place called Amroth, near here.

    Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • There's no need for it to say after what: there are tidemarks on every house.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Vast natural riches are spread above and below the tidemarks of 200 islands strewn throughout the southern third of Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).

    The Georgia Straight - News And Views 2009

  • This was further underscored by his footprints between the tidemarks, impressions in the sand that sat side-by-side with Katie’s.

    Devotional Stories for Mothers Susan M. Heim 2010

  • This was further underscored by his footprints between the tidemarks, impressions in the sand that sat side-by-side with Katie’s.

    Devotional Stories for Mothers Susan M. Heim 2010

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