Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EBB, v.i. [Sax. ebban; D. ebben; W. eb, to go from.]

1. To flow back; to return as the water of a tide toward the ocean; opposed to flow. The tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours.
2. To decay; to decline; to return or fall back from a better to a worse state. Shak. Halifax.