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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Nepest,) Niepest, superl. a. [f. as Nepe-tide, the first element being apprehended as an adj.] Niepest tide = Nepe n.2 —1710 Sc. Ant. VII. 94.
At the niepest tide at the high water, it will be two foot higher than the tide at full water
