Definition of Eagre

1. Noun. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).

Exact synonyms: Aegir, Bore, Eager, Tidal Bore
Generic synonyms: Tidal Current, Tidal Flow

Definition of Eagre

1. n. 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.

Definition of Eagre

1. Adjective. (obsolete form of eager) ¹

2. Noun. a tidal bore ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eagre

1. a tidal flood [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eagre

eagle scout
eagled
eaglehawk
eaglehawks
eaglelike
eagles
eagless
eaglestone
eaglestones
eaglet
eaglets
eaglewood
eaglewoods
eagling
eagre (current term)
eagreness
eagres
eakerite
ealdorman
ealdormen
eale
eales
eam
eame
eams
ean
eaned
eaning
eanling

Literary usage of Eagre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1898)
"Coast Survey Office, July, 1871, to January, 1892; commanding Coast Survey Schooner " eagre," January, 1892-5 ; Navy Yard, Boston, January, 1895; ..."

2. The Napolead: In Twelve Books by Thomas Hedges Genin (1833)
"... Napoleon eagre to secure the spoil Vandamme past Pirna urg'd. The nations saw Th' ominous movement; Fear her banner wav'd Above the host, foul signal of ..."

3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1892)
"He had evidently not seen the eagre with his own eyes, but when he called ... The eagre is the reverse of a backwater. When the tide comes up in an estuary, ..."

4. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"The Tsien-tang river— Its eagre or " bore " — Appearance it presents — Effects it produces ... eagre ..."

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