agger

American  

[aj-er] / ˈædʒ ər /

noun

1. Also called double tide. Oceanography.

   1. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.

   2. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.

2. (in ancient Roman building) an earthen mound or rampart, especially one having no revetment.

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agger British  

/ ˈædʒə /

noun

1. an earthwork or mound forming a rampart, esp in a Roman military camp

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Etymology

Origin of agger

1350–1400; Middle English: heap, pile < Latin: rubble, mound, rampart, equivalent to ag- ag- + -ger, base of gerere to carry, bring

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Example Sentences

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agger

In some places the agger is above three foot raised from the surface.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home

The agger had been burnt and the siege towers destroyed.

From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude

The temple which represents the body of the snake is formed by a circular agger of earth having its ditch withinside.

From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Eliza Burt Gamble

Exaggerate: pronounce exad-gerate, and do not sound agger as in dagger.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous

For whatever they threw down the precipice, striking against the vine and agger, communicated the fire to whatever was in the way.

From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar

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