2. Verb. (third-person singular of neap) ¹
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Definition of Neaps
1. neap [n] - See also: neap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neaps
Literary usage of Neaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Charter-parties by Eugene Leggett (1894)
"... agreed by charter-party that the char- neaps and terer should not be liable
for delay in loading caused Navigation. by neaps and stoppage of navigation, ..."
2. A Treatise on Surveying by Reginald Empson Middleton, Osbert Chadwick, J. du T. Bogle (1902)
"'neaps' and 'Spring Tides' Explained. The phenomena of ' priming' and ' lagging,'
may be explained by similar reasoning. The lunar and solar tides combine, ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Rise of tide then end for two days afterwards from 20 to 25 feet, and 13 and 14
feet on the neaps. During the springs in the SW Monsoon, it at times blows ..."
4. Hall's Essay on the Rights of the Crown and the Privileges of the Subject in by Robert Gream Hall, Richard Loveland Loveland (1875)
"That such ownership includes the shore, as far as the reach of the high-water
mark of the [medium high tide between the springs and the neaps], 4. ..."
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