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neaped
[ neept ]
adjective
, Nautical.
- grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
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A tide that neaped the frail bark of happiness high and dry upon the shores of black despair.
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A ship grounding in a very low tide (neap) is still said to be neaped.
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One was in consequence chartered, but, being neaped in the harbor of Rimouski, did not reach Metis till the 19th August.
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