What does "neap" mean?
Neap: The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]
Additional senses
- 2.Low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.
- 3.A neap tide. High springs and dead neaps. Harkwill.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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