eagre
or ea·ger
[ ee-ger, ey-ger ]
/ ˈi gər, ˈeɪ gər /
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noun Chiefly British.
a tidal bore or flood.
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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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Example sentences from the Web for eagre
Dryden, who had noticed it in the river Trent, calls it the "Eagre."
Eagre is the old English word for vinegar, which is just “wine-eagre.”
Our Little Lady|Emily Sarah HoltThe other name by which the phenomenon is known, “eagre,” is also of unknown origin.
The tide of fashion was rushing like an eagre "up to the Park."
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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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