Hypertext Webster Gateway: "springtide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Springtide \Spring"tide\, n.
The time of spring; springtime. --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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