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1. (n.) eagre
a tidal bore.
Etymology: (1640–50; origin uncert. )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
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1. (noun) eagre
a wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore
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1. eagre
a name given in England to a tidal wave rushing up a river or estuary on the top of another, called also a Bore (q. v.).
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