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eagre

American  
[ee-ger, ey-ger] / ˈi gər, ˈeɪ gər /
Or eager

noun

Chiefly British.

  1. a tidal bore or flood.

eagre British  
/ ˈeɪɡə /

noun

  1. a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary

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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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