dead low water

Example Sentences

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

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

At 9.42 p.m., the calculated time for dead low water, the gauge registered only six feet above zero. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

It was now dead low water, and the river offered no obstacle to crossing, as the bed was for the most part dry, with pools here and there.

From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

It was close on half-past eleven, the hour of dead low water.

From Dead Man's Rock by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir