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.
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
low, shallow
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.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.