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the tide at the point of maximum ebb; the time of low water; the lowest point of decline of anything

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  • The night air felt fresh and smelled of low-tide mud.
  • The gulls and crows give parties to each other on the sand, at low-tide.
  • I think what we are building now is a strong low-tide business, so to speak.
  • A good nine or so fathoms beneath the low-tide point, it rested in water a deep blue.
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