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Webster 1913 Edition

Neap

Neap

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Neb
,
Nape
.]
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
[U.S.]

Neap

(nēp)
,
Adj.
[As.
nēp
flōd neap flood; cf.
hnipian
to bend, incline.]
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
.

Neap

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Neap

NEAP

,
Noun.
[This word may belong to the root of neb, nib; nose] The tongue or pole of a cart, sled or wagon.

NEAP

,
Adj.
[to incline, to fall] The neap tides are those which happen in the middle of the second and fourth quarters of the moon. They are low tides, and opposed to spring tides.

NEAP

,
Noun.
Low water. [Little used.]

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