Dictionary entry

Tide (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tide, v. i. [AS. tīdan to happen. See Tide, n.] 1. To betide; to happen.

What should us tide of this new law? Chaucer.

2. To pour a tide or flood.

3. (Naut.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.