neap.
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
Meaning & usage
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).
Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English neep, from Old English nēp (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *nōpiz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).
To trap (a ship) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English neep, from Old English nēp (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *nōpiz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).
A neap tide.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English neep, from Old English nēp (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *nōpiz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).
Alternative form of neep.
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