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‖n. pl. [ L. See Atlantes. ] The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betided Obs. Betid p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding. ] [ OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tīdan, to happen, fr. tīd time. See Tide. ] To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. [ 1913 Webster ]

What will betide the few ? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come to pass; to happen; to occur. [ 1913 Webster ]

A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Shakespeare has used it with of. “What would betide of me ?” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout, fr. &unr_; to grow. ] (Biol.) A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (&unr_;) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. &unr_;), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids. ] (Arch) Caryatids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Christmas + tide time. ] The season of Christmas. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a bladder, pouch. ] (Zool.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP). [ PJC ]

The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Same as Epiglottic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_;, &unr_;, light. So called because of its pleasing combination of white and green. ] (Min.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ AS. &aemacr_;fentīd. See Tide. ] The time of evening; evening. [ Poetic. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the partial reduction of isatin. [ Written also isatyde. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lactic + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. latus broad + E. dentate. ] Broad-toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The season of Lenten or Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ AS. mistīdan. See Tide. ] To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Morning time. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + dentate. ] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From noon + tide time; cf. AS. nōntīd the ninth hour. ] The time of noon; midday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a phosphate ester of a nucleoside; one of the monomeric components of DNA or RNA. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Octa- + nucleotide. ] (Chem.) A molecule composed of eight nucleotide units bound to each other by phosphodiester bonds in a linear array; as, a partial digest of DNA or RNA may include octanucleotides. See octamer. [ PJC ]

n. [ Octa- + peptide. ] (Chem.) A molecule composed of eight amino acid units bound to each other by peptide bonds, usually in a linear array. See octamer. [ PJC ]

adv. [ Often + tide time. ] Frequently; often. [ Obs. ] Robert of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ope + tide. ] Open time; -- applied to different things: (a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [ Archaic ] Nares. (b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [ Eng. ] (c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ Written also opentide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A suborder of terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia, including the bustards.
Syn. -- suborder Otides. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Passion + tide time. ] The last fortnight of Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a creator. ] 1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. [ Archaic ] Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) any of several types of minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most common are chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Poly-, and Cystidea. ] (Zool.) A division of Gregarinæ including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From shrive to take a confession (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scrāf) + tide. ] The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The time of spring; springtime. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. staurotide, from Gr. stayrwto`s cruciform (from Gr. stayro`s a cross) + e'i^dos form. ] (Min.) Staurolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Summer time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. tīd time; akin to OS. & OFries. tīd, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. zīt, Icel. tī&unr_;, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a- is a negative prefix. √58. Cf. Tidings, Tidy, Till, prep., Time. ] 1. Time; period; season. [ Obsoles. ] “This lusty summer's tide.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And rest their weary limbs a tide. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which, at the appointed tide,
Each one did make his bride. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the tide of Christ his birth. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide, and the reflux, ebb tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. “Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Violent confluence. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mining) The period of twelve hours. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atmospheric tides, tidal movements of the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon. --
Inferior tide. See under Inferior, a. --
To work double tides. See under Work, v. t. --
Tide day, the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. --
Tide dial, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time. --
Tide gate. (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate. --
Tide gauge, a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time. Brande & C. --
Tide lock, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; -- called also guard lock. --
Tide mill. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water. --
Tide rip, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents. --
Tide table, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of the tide at any place. --
Tide water, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard. --
Tide wave, or
Tidal wave, the swell of water as the tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. See also tidal wave in the vocabulary. Whewell. --
Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are tided down the stream. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ AS. tīdan to happen. See Tide, n. ] 1. To betide; to happen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What should us tide of this new law? Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pour a tide or flood. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected by the tide; having a tide. “The tided Thames.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having no tide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark. [ PJC ]

2. [ fig. ] the maximum level which some activity has reached and from which it has declined; -- called also high water mark. [ PJC ]

a. (Naut.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tidesmen A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Channel in which the tide sets. [ 1913 Webster ]