Both Uses of
ebb
in
Great Expectations
- I had pulled down as far as Greenwich with the ebb tide, and had turned with the tide.†
Chpt 47 *
- As foreign steamers would leave London at about the time of high-water, our plan would be to get down the river by a previous ebb-tide, and lie by in some quiet spot until we could pull off to one.†
Chpt 52
Definition:
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(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide