Obs. [f. TIDE sb. 7 + GATE sb.2] = TIDEWAY.

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1557.  W. Towrson, in Hakluyt, Voy. (1589), 113. Like vnto a streame or tyde gate.

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1599.  Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, 8. Now … graueld vp, and the streame or tyde-gate turned another way.

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1678.  Phillips (ed. 4), Tidegate, in Navigation is where the Tide runs strongest.

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1704.  J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. s.v. Tide, When the Tide runs very strong, they call it a Tide Gate.

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1711.  Sibbald, Descr. Shetland, 3. The Rousts and high tide-gates of the Sea about the Promontories and the Isles.

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1867.  Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.

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