Both Uses of
ebb
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- He will not come in time; I feel my life fast ebbing.†
Chpt 83-84 *
- The crowd moved to and fro in the rooms like an ebb and flow of turquoises, rubies, emeralds, opals, and diamonds.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
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(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide