springtide

Noun

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Noun (2)

  1. a swelling rush of anything“he rose on the springtide of prosperity”Type of flush, gush
  2. a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moonsOpposite neapType of high tide, high water
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Spring′tide′ (-tīd′), noun

The time of spring; springtime. James Thomson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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