eagre
or ea·ger
[ ee-ger, ey-ger ]
nounChiefly British.
a tidal bore or flood.
Origin of eagre
11640–50; 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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How to use eagre in a sentence
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."
Shadows of Flames | Amelie Rives
British Dictionary definitions for eagre
eagre
eager
/ (ˈeɪɡə) /
noun
a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary
Origin of eagre
1C17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water
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