neap adjective. [ni:p]
[Old English nēp in nēpflōd (FLOOD noun) of unkn. origin.]
Of a tide: occurring just after the first and third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water. Formerly also, (of a point in time) coinciding with a neap tide.
■ J. Strype The Tides were then at the Neapest.
■ R. A. Proctor We have tides ranging between the highest spring tides..and the lowest neap tides.

► Not recorded between LOE and L15.

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neap noun¹. [ni:p] L15.
[from NEAP adjective.]
A neap tide.

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neap noun². [ni:p] M16.
[Perh. of Scandinavian origin: cf. Norwegian dial. neip a forked pole etc.]
1. The pole or tongue of a cart. north. & US dial. M16.

2. A wooden rest for the shaft of a loaded cart. north. L17.

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neap verb. [ni:p] M17.
[from NEAP adjective, noun¹.]
1. verb intrans. Of a tide: become lower, tend towards or reach the highest point of a neap tide. M17.

2. verb trans. In pass. Of a ship: be kept aground, in harbour, etc., by a neap tide. E18.

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