Springtide

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Springtide \Spring"tide`\ (-t[imac]d`), n.
     The time of spring; springtime. --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  springtide
       n 1: a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of
            prosperity"
       2: a greater than average tide occurring during the new and
          full moons [ant: {neap tide}]