Consequently we were drifting about on the stream and likely to be swept down by the ebb tide.
That evening, with the ebb tide, the ice slackened, and the order was given to steam ahead.
The ebb tide after noon was against us, and the wind being light, we were making no progress.
The ebb tide, however, was beginning to run and helped her across the shoals.
Flood tide and ebb tide, late dawns and early nights—these will occur whether the closing time is 36, 42, or 48 hours.
The behaviour occurred only with an ebb tide.
At ebb tide, water pressure decreases and water, moved by gravity, flows down.
