springtide

2 definitions found

springtide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Springtide \Spring"tide`\ (-t[imac]d`), n.
     The time of spring; springtime. --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

springtide - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  springtide
      n 1: a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of
           prosperity"
      2: a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full
         moons [ant: neap, neap tide]