noon tide

  • 1noon|tide — «NOON TYD», noun, adjective. –n. 1. = noon. (Cf. ↑noon) 2. Figurative. the highest, finest, or brightest point: »the noontide of your prosperity (Charles Lamb). –adj. = noon. (Cf. ↑noon) …

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  • 2tide — bas·tide; be·tide; bron·tide; eas·ter·tide; gut·tide; hol·lan·tide; lac·tide; lau·ren·tide; mer·cap·tide; noon·tide; nu·cle·o·tide; pep·tide; phos·pha·tide; pro·tide; stau·ro·tide; tide; tide·ful; tide·land; tide·less; whit·sun·tide;… …

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  • 3noon — af·ter·noon·er; ka·noon; noon·ing; noon·stead; noon·tide; noon·time; noon; …

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  • 4Noon Gun — Seen firing on 4th September 2008 The Noon Gun has been an historic time signal in Cape Town, South Africa since 1806. The gun is situated on Signal Hill, close to the centre of the city …

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  • 5Tide (time) — A tide is an obsolete or archaic term for time, period or season, such as Yuletide, eventide, shrovetide, Eastertide, noontide, etc.The term tide has cognates in other Germanic languages, including Dutch ( tijd ) and German ( Zeit ). In German,… …

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  • 6High noon — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …

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  • 7High tide — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …

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  • 8noontide — noon·tide …

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  • 9noontide — noon•tide [[t]ˈnunˌtaɪd[/t]] n. 1) the time of noon; midday 2) the highest or best point or part • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME nonetyde, OE nōntīd …

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  • 10noontime — tīm noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English none tyme, from none, noon noon + tyme, time time : midday, noontide * * * /noohn tuym /, n. noon; noontide; noon …

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