eagre
or ea·ger
[ ee-ger, ey-ger ]
/ ˈi gər, ˈeɪ gər /
noun Chiefly British.
a tidal bore or flood.
Nearby words
Origin of eagre
1640–50; apparently representing earlier agar, ager, obscurely akin to hyger, higre; (compare Anglo-Latin (12th century) higra the tidal bore of the Severn); compared with Old English ēgor, eogor flood, high tide, though preservation of g in modern forms is problematic
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Examples from the Web for eagre
The tide of fashion was rushing like an eagre "up to the Park."
Shadows of Flames|Amelie RivesEagre is the old English word for vinegar, which is just “wine-eagre.”
Our Little Lady|Emily Sarah HoltDryden, who had noticed it in the river Trent, calls it the "Eagre."
The other name by which the phenomenon is known, “eagre,” is also of unknown origin.
British Dictionary definitions for eagre
eagre
eager
/ (ˈeɪɡə) /
noun
a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary
Word Origin for eagre
C17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water
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