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Noun
tidemark
a
line
(of
seaweed
or differently
coloured
sand
etc) on the
shore
showing the
level
of
high
or
low
tide
In the Context of any mark showing the
limit
of some past
activity
a line of
scum
left on a
bath
tub
when the water is
drained
away
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tidemark \Tide"mark\, n.
1. a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the
water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing
water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point
of the normal low tide; -- called also
high water mark
.
[PJC]
2. [fig.] the maximum level which some activity has reached
and from which it has declined; -- called also {high water
mark}.
[PJC]
WordNet
tidemark
n : indicator consisting of a line at the high-water or
low-water limits of the tides
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