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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Estuary | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Estuary | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also {[91]stuary}.] 1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] --Boyle. 2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. --Dana. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. --Lyell. | |
