ˈflood-ˈtide
[f. flood n. + tide.]
The rising or inflowing tide: = flood n. 1.
| 1719 De Foe Crusoe (1840) II. iv. 75 They had..the flood-tide with them. 1841 Marryat Poacher xxxviii, The flood-tide has made almost an hour, and we must sail at the first of the ebb. |
| fig. 1861 Trench Comm. Ep. 7 Churches 77 It seemed as if the flood-tides of a thankful love would never ebb. 1874 Morley Compromise (1886) 34 We have been..on a flood tide of high profits and a roaring trade. |