eagre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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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A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.
From A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories by Bret Harte
As for the tidal wave, improperly called an eagre, which rushed up the sea-front, it had but a very moderate height and a quite restricted force.
From The Tremendous Event by Maurice Leblanc
“He’s eagre, and she’s mustard; and they’ll none mix ill—but they’ll set folks’ throats a-fire as meddles wi’ ’em.”
From Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
As we met the roaring eagre we felt the engine leap, as Schwartz’s311 hesitation left him and he opened the throttle.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Herbert Quick
Wherefore with leave th’ infinitie I’ll sing Of time, Of Space: or without leave; I’m brent With eagre rage, my heart for joy doth spring, And all my spirits move with pleasant trembeling.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
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