eagre
or ea·ger
[ee-ger, ey-ger]
- a tidal bore or flood.
Show More
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
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for eagre
Historical Examples
Eagre is the old English word for vinegar, which is just “wine-eagre.”
Our Little LadyEmily Sarah Holt
The tide of fashion was rushing like an eagre "up to the Park."
Shadows of FlamesAmelie Rives
Dryden, 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.
eagre
eager
- a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary
Show More
Word Origin
C17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012