Définitions
1.NounThe tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.
2.Noun↑ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9), volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.35, page 124.