retiring tide

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The extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

I threw one several times as far as I could, into a deep pool left by the retiring tide; but it invariably returned in a direct line to the spot where I stood.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

The darkness came from the hills, flowed over the coast, put out the red fires of sunset, and went on to seaward pursuing the retiring tide.

From Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph

Suddenly, a crowd of pipy fragrance involves the room: these �rial forms cease to be visible; and broken sounds, like the retiring tide beneath Dover cliff, die away356 into utter silence.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Once more anchored as near the beach as the retiring tide would allow, Grimes was too much engaged with his prize to notice that "Dummy" took another route to the farm.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John