Definitions for eagreˈi gər, ˈeɪ gər
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ea•greˈi gər, ˈeɪ gər(n.)
a tidal bore.
Category: Oceanography, British
Origin of eagre:
1640–50; origin uncert.
Princeton's WordNet
tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager(noun)
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Wiktionary
eagre(Noun)
a tidal bore
Webster Dictionary
Eagre(noun)
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
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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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