Definition of tide-way:
(n) :
The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
(n) :
The associated flow of water.
(n) :
A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
(n) :
The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
(v) :
(by extension, originally from the idea of being carried by the tide, now chiefly in the phrase tide over) To carry over or through a problem or difficulty.
(v) :
(transitive) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.