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neap

 (n): a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
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8 months ago chained_bear said:

"...when the ship had to be lightened at great speed in case she should hog or break her back, being left suspended in the middle by the neap tides, all the skilled hands were employed in dealing with the guns..."
—Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 190

See also neaped.

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