ebb vs halcyon

ebb

noun
  • The receding movement of the tide. 

  • A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra). 

  • A gradual decline. 

  • A low state; a state of depression. 

verb
  • to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb 

  • To cause to flow back. 

  • to flow back or recede 

  • to fall away or decline 

adj
  • low, shallow 

halcyon

noun
  • A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves. 

  • The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam. 

  • A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. 

adj
  • Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher. 

  • Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene. 

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