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neap
adjective
designating a type of tide that occurs after the first and third quarters of the lunar month: at these times the high tides are lower and the low tides are higher than the corresponding tides during spring tide because of the gravitational effects of the right-angled alignment of the moon, earth, and sun
noun
neap tide
noun
Dialectal the tongue of a wagon drawn by two animals
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