tide wheel

A wheel turned by the ebb and flow of the tide, and employed as a motor for driv ing machinery, . IMG:content-1114.png:[blocks in formation] "These questions would certainly tide on till next year."- Duke of Bucking ham : Court of William IV ., ch. vii. (2) To tide over: To surmount difficulties by means of a succe ion of favorable incidents, by prudent and skillful management, or by aid from another; as, The difficulty was tided over ; to help over a time of difficulty or distre . "Decent artisans, who are in need of help to tide them over a period of temporary distre ."-London Daily Telegraph.