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Definition of Tidesmen
1. tidesman [n] - See also: tidesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tidesmen
Literary usage of Tidesmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The King's Customs by Henry Atton, Henry Hurst Holland (1908)
"The ancient practice was to put eight tidesmen aboard in the Downs, ...
A tide-surveyor and eight tidesmen went on board, and at intervals during the night ..."
2. The King's Customs: An Account of Maritime Revenue & Contraband Traffic in by Henry Atton, Henry Hurst Holland (1908)
"The ancient practice was to put eight tidesmen aboard in the Downs, ...
A tide-surveyor and eight tidesmen went on board, and at intervals during the night ..."
3. Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer: Containing the Cases by Thomas Chitty, Richard Burn (1845)
"... or any box or chest, be locked, and the keys be bid, euch officers, if they
be of a degree superior to tidesmen or "Hen, may open any such place, box, ..."
4. A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General Administration of the by Great Britain, William David Evans, Anthony Hammond, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1836)
"... and if any place, or any box or chest,be locked, and the keys be. withheld,
such officers, if they be of a degree superior to tidesmen or watermen, ..."
5. History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the Families of by James Paterson (1852)
"... &c., conveyed into the country before the said John Harper, and Robert M'Clure,
and Andrew Crawfurd, tidesmen, could make up to the smugglers. ..."
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