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

Example Sentences

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agger

They sallied out against the other tower and agger, and fought with more confidence.

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

After all, 'exageration' only substitutes the idea of mound, or agger for carica—the heaping up of a mound—for the common Italian word 'load' or 'cartload.'

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Furniss, Harry

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

That the Temple was of a religious, and not of a warlike nature, is proved by its ditch being withinside the agger of earth, contrary to the mode adopted in works of defence.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 by Various

They were set into an arch of one of the great stairs leading to the avenue or boulevard established in Imperial times on the top of the agger of Servius.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)