eagre
or ea·ger
[ee-ger, ey-ger]
noun Chiefly British.
a tidal bore or flood.
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
Historical Examples of eagre
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
noun
Word Origin for eagre
C17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water
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