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eagre
ea·gre also ea·ger E0001100 (ē′gər, ā′gər)n. Chiefly British See tidal bore.
[Early Modern English eagre, egre, ultimately (via Middle English *egre) from Old English *ēagor, ēgor (stem *ēaggr-), flood, water (attested in the poetic kennings ēgorhere, "water-host," deluge, and ēgorstrēam, "flood-stream," ocean); perhaps akin to Old English ēa, running water, stream, river, and īeg, island; see island.]eagre (ˈeɪɡə) or eagern (Physical Geography) a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary[C17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water]ea•gre (ˈi gər, ˈeɪ gər)
n. a tidal bore. [1640–50; origin uncertain] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  eagre - a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)aegir, eager, tidal bore, boretidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides |
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Related to eagre: EgreSynonyms for eagrenoun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)SynonymsRelated Words |