EDDY TIDE, or EDDY-WATER, among seamen, is where the water runs back contrary to the tide; or that which hinders the free passage of the stream, and so causes it to return again.
EDDY TIDE
article · 178 chars · lineage ↗ · page image at NLS ↗
article · 178 chars · lineage ↗ · page image at NLS ↗
EDDY TIDE, or EDDY-WATER, among seamen, is where the water runs back contrary to the tide; or that which hinders the free passage of the stream, and so causes it to return again.