Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
tide .
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Examples
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Then I Came in sight of ye hill in Cornwall Called ye Mount, its on a Rock in the sea wch at ye flowing tyde is an jsland, but at Low water one Can goe over ye sands almost just to it, its but a Little market town wch is about 2 mile from Panzants, and you may walke or Ride to it all on ye sands when ye tyde's out.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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This house Look'd very finely in a thicket of trees Like a Grove and was on the side of a hill and Led just down to the head of ye river Plym wch is fill'd with ye tyde from the sea, and here I Cross'd it on a stone bridge.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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I pass'd over a Bridge where two armes of the river meetes where yc tyde is very high and rowles in the sand in many places and Causes those Whirles or Hurricanes that will Come on storms wth great jmpetuosity.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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Well, to pass on, I went over some Little heath Ground but mostly Lanes, and those stony and Dirty, 3 mile and halfe to Parr; here I fferry'd over againe, not but when the tyde is out you may ford it.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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At the End of ye town just by the Castle you Crosse over a very large and Long Bridge over the River Dee wch has the tyde Comes up much beyond the town; its 7 mile off yt it falls into ye sea, but its very broad below ye town, when at high tyde is like a very broad sea: there they have a little Dock and build shipps of 200 tunn, I saw some on the stocks.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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When the tyde is fully out they frequently fford in many places wch they marke as the sands fall and Can go near 9 or 10 mile over ye sands from Chester to Burton or to Flint town almost; but many persons that have known the ffoards well yt have Come a year or halfe a year after, if they venture on their former knowledge have been overwhelm'd in the Ditches made by ye sands wch is deep Enough to swallow up a Coach or waggon; but they Convey their Coales from Wales and any other things by waggon when the tyde is out to Chester and other parts.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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U b tyde, so hedding on ober 2 deh Ty-Boo-Teek and take ur pick uv awl deh fine merchandise.
teh road to basement cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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East, one league from the head of the Bay, where we had a great tyde, like a race ouer the flood: the Bay is at the least two leagues ouer: so doe I imagine from the fayre foreland to Corpus
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The shippes going downe with the tyde came at last to Woolwich, where they stayed and cast ancre, with purpose to depart therehence againe, as soone as the turning of the water, and a better winde should draw them to set saile.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Therefore the Friday folowyng, about noone tyde, I departed, folowyng the carauana of India.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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