An extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything.
1 The influence of the French conqueror never extended beyond low - water mark .
2 An allusion to the custom of hanging pirates at low - water mark .
3 He always knew the precise moment, the outmost low - water mark , of a bargain.
4 The fort at this post stands two hundred feet perpendicular above low - water mark .
5 In October the Vicksburg gauge usually hovered not far above zero, a low - water mark .
6 From yesterday's low - water mark it has now reached the highest level I have seen yet.
7 Hanged at White Point, Charleston, in 1718, and buried in the marsh below low - water mark .
8 The night was only needed to float the boat down as far as low - water mark .
9 During this period the river varies from twenty-five to forty feet above the low - water mark .
10 He recorded one spot where the high-water mark was 115 feet above the low - water mark .
11 This construction would not be suitable below low - water mark .
12 The tide of fortune having touched low - water mark , the usual gentle stage of improvement set in.
13 Plenty more barely rise above the low - water mark .
14 We had arrived at precisely the low - water mark , when the channel was at its most treacherous.
15 Law and order stopped short at low - water mark .
16 Buried in the marsh below low - water mark .
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