- ebb and flow
- The coming in and the falling back of the tide. A rejected test of navigability of water. 56 Am J1st Wat § 178.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Ebb and flow — Ebb Ebb, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even.] 1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; opposed to {flood}; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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