Found 1 items, similar to To work double tides.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To work double tides 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., Time.] 1. Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] “This lusty summer's tide.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And rest their weary limbs a tide. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] At the tide of Christ his birth. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide. [1913 Webster] Note: The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide, and the reflux, ebb tide. [1913 Webster] 3. A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. “Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current. [1913 Webster] There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Violent confluence. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mining) The period of twelve hours. [1913 Webster] Atmospheric tides, tidal movements of the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon. Inferior tide. See under Inferior, a. To work double tides. See under Work, v. t. Tide day, the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide , under 2d Lag. Tide dial, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time. Tide gate. (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate. Tide gauge, a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time. --Brande & C. Tide lock, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; -- called also guard lock. Tide mill. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water. Tide rip, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents. Tide table, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of the tide at any place. Tide water, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard. Tide wave, or Tidal wave, the swell of water as the tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. See also tidal wave in the vocabulary. --Whewell. Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide. [1913 Webster] Work \Work\ (w[^u]rk), v. t. 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor. [1913 Webster] He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why they forbare to work them at that time. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth. [1913 Webster] Each herb he knew, that works or good or ill. --Harte. [1913 Webster] 3. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion. “Sidelong he works his way.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains Of rushing torrents and descending rains, Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines, Till by degrees the floating mirror shines. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead. “Work your royal father to his ruin.” --Philips. [1913 Webster] 5. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin. [1913 Webster] 6. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine. [1913 Webster] Knowledge in building and working ships. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] Now, Marcus, thy virtue's the proof; Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve. --Addison. [1913 Webster] The mariners all 'gan work the ropes, Where they were wont to do. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 7. To cause to ferment, as liquor. [1913 Webster] To work a passage (Naut.), to pay for a passage by doing work. To work double tides (Naut.), to perform the labor of three days in two; -- a phrase which alludes to a practice of working by the night tide as well as by the day. To work in, to insert, introduce, mingle, or interweave by labor or skill. To work into, to force, urge, or insinuate into; as, to work one's self into favor or confidence. To work off, to remove gradually, as by labor, or a gradual process; as, beer works off impurities in fermenting. To work out. (a) To effect by labor and exertion. “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” --Phil. ii. 12. (b) To erase; to efface. [R.] [1913 Webster] Tears of joy for your returning spilt, Work out and expiate our former guilt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] (c) To solve, as a problem. (d) To exhaust, as a mine, by working. To work up. (a) To raise; to excite; to stir up; as, to work up the passions to rage. [1913 Webster] The sun, that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and color in their cheeks. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (b) To expend in any work, as materials; as, they have worked up all the stock. (c) (Naut.) To make over or into something else, as yarns drawn from old rigging, made into spun yarn, foxes, sennit, and the like; also, to keep constantly at work upon needless matters, as a crew in order to punish them. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]