Obs. [f. tide’s, poss. of TIDE sb.] The way of the tide; = TIDEWAY.

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1627.  Capt. Smith, Seaman’s Gram., i. 1. You may hale in a ship … out of the tides way.

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1793.  Smeaton, Edystone L., § 157. A vessel lies … at moorings, though in a Tide’s-way.

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