eagre : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eagre	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eagre n a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) Synonym(s): tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eagre \Ea"gre\, n. [AS. e[a0]gor, [?]gor, in comp., water, sea, e[a0]gor-stre[a0]m water stream, sea.] A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See {Bore}.