NEAP

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]

2.
a.

Low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.

3.
n.

A neap tide. High springs and dead neaps. Harkwill.


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