Eagre
1Eagre — Ea gre, n. [AS. e[ a]gor, ?gor, in comp., water, sea, e[ a]gor stre[ a]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} …
2eagre — [ē′gər, ā′gər] n. [Brit dial. form, prob. ult. < OE eagor, flood, high tide, akin to ON ægir, ocean < IE * ēkw , var. of base * akwa , water > L aqua] Brit. a high tidal wave in an estuary; bore …
3eagre — bore (a rapid tidal rise in a river that forms an advancing wall of water) …
4eagre — /ee geuhr, ay geuhr/, n. Chiefly Brit. a tidal bore or flood. Also, eager. [1640 50; appar. repr. earlier agar, ager, obscurely akin to hyger, higre; (cf. AL (12th century) higra the tidal bore of the Severn); compared with OE egor, eogor flood,… …
5eagre — noun a tidal bore Syn: tidal bore …
6EAGRE — a name given in England to a tidal wave rushing up a river or estuary on the top of another, called also a BORE (q.v.) …
7eagre — ea·gre || eɪgÉ™ n. high tidal wave in a river …
8eagre — 1) eager 2) agree …
9eagre — [ eɪgə, i: ] noun dialect term for bore3. Origin C17: of unknown origin …
10eagre — n. [Written also Eger and Eygre.] Bore, great tidal wave …
