'Falling tide' definitions:
Definition of 'Falling tide'
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- Falling \Fall"ing\, a. & n. from Fall, v. i. [1913 Webster]
- Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall away, {To fall off}, etc., under Fall, v. i.
- Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.
- Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy. --Shak.
- Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star.
- Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an a["e]rolite.
- Falling tide, the ebb tide.
- Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]