Definition of "spring-tide" []

• The tide which occurs at or soon after the new and full moon, and rises higher than common tides, the ebb sinking correspondingly lower. (noun)
• Hence Figuratively, any great flood or influx. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The regulations also ban lead shot being used to kill any birds below the coastal spring-tide high-water mark or in specified wetlands."
• "This turf graciously invites me to seek my brother Cyclopes for revel in the spring-tide."
• "We reflect this day on the essence of intimacy, from its origins in the spring-tide of youth to an afterward secured in distant mist – in awe for the reason and to what end it endures."