0 when the ocean is at its highest level -- høyvann [ neuter ]
1 the time when the tide is farthest up the shore -- flo sjø, høyvann
Not only is one-quarter of the area known as lowland but the greater part of that lowland area lies below the high tide level.
Every time there is a high tide accompanied by gale-force winds, many of my constituents are in dread of what may happen.
Opinion seems to vary on whether the nuisance actually becomes worse at high tide or at slack tide.
Boats will accept motor cars only at certain times of the day, when high tide prevails.
It might sometimes be flood in a river and sometimes high tide.
During this period serious flooding could result if a tidal surge coincided with an "average" high tide.
A catchment board is there alongside you, and when there is a very high tide or strong wind you feel how urgent is its work.
According to the practices of narrative realism in high tide in the 1880s, the rooms are carefully differentiated to express the class position and tastes of their inhabitants.
