a. [f. TIDE sb. + -LESS.) Having no tide; unaffected by tides; not washed or covered by a tide. Also fig.
1779. Sheridan, Critic, II. ii. Can the quick current of a patriot heart Thus … freeze in tideless inactivity?
1816. Byron, Siege of Cor., xvi. There shrinks no ebb in that tideless sea.
1865. Pall Mall G., 29 Sept., 11/1. In proximity … to some tideless and stinking port.
1886. Manch. Exam., 12 March, 5/3. The waters of the tideless Mediterranean.
b. Comb. Tideless-blooded a., whose blood is unstirred by passion or emotion.
1785. Burns, To Jas. Smith, xxvi. Douce folk, that live by rule, Grave, tideless-blooded, calm and cool.
1806. Mar. Edgeworth, Leonora, i. Is it possible that Olivia can envy these tideless-blooded souls their happiness?
Hence Tidelessness, tideless state or condition.
1854. Morning Post, 29 Nov., 2/1. The general physical features of the Baltic are then described—its shallowness, its tidelessness, [etc.].
1901. Westm. Gaz., 7 Oct., 3/1. What I particularly like about this Mediterranean sea is its beautiful tidelessness.
