dead low water
Example Sentences
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It was dead low water now, and the ship was heeled at an angle, the propeller showing clean.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
A boat would just float there comfortably I supposed, at dead low water.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
At dead low water there is sufficient depth in the harbour for the largest steamers.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
The admiral had wisely chosen the time of dead low water to commence the ascent.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston
At a fair stage of the river that might have answered; but when the dead low water came it was destructive.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 3. by Mark Twain
