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Ebb Tide means the period between high tide and low tide during which water flows away from the shore. The receding or outgoing tide. The period between high water and the succeeding low water. The following all drew their name from the above meaning: ...[The Wire] ==Production== ===Title and epigraph=== The title alludes to the fact that the fortunes of many of the main characters are at low point at the beginning of this season, with McNulty, Greggs and Daniels all very much where they do not want to be. It also refers to the dead body that drifted from the tide and was picked up by McNul...[ship] Ebb Tide was an American vessel. She was the first vessel designed and built especially for supply materials and stores to offshore drilling platforms. In 1955 Alden J. `Doc” Laborde, not satisfied with performance of ex-navy amphibious assault barges, used to do this job, worked out new concept of vessel, propelled by two powerful...
• The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.
seaward flow in estuaries or tidal rivers during a tidal phase of lowering water level. The reverse flow, occurring during rising tides, is called ... [1 related articles]
A tide that lowers the water surface of an ocean and moves the shoreline farther seaward.
A tidal current that generally moves seaward and occurs during the part of the tide cycle when sea l
Ebb' tide` The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide . 
the outgoing or falling tide
Time during the tidal period when the tide is falling. Compare with flood tide.
The part of the tide cycle during which the water level is falling.
A nontechnical term used for falling tide or EBB CURRENT. The portion of the tidal cycle between high water and the following low water. See Figure 11.
The period of tide between high water and the succeeding low water; a falling tide.