dead low water

Example Sentences

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A boat would just float there comfortably I supposed, at dead low water.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

It was dead low water now, and the ship was heeled at an angle, the propeller showing clean.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

She would not be seen again till dead low water.

From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

It's dead low water now; any boat, even if they chased us, would be stuck in the mud in ten minutes, and it isn't every one that knows how to get off again.'

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf

At dead low water all the slack of the four hawsers was taken in, and once more came a tedious wait for the rising tide.

From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)