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eagre
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[ ee-ger, ey-ger ]
noun
Chiefly British.
- a tidal bore or flood.
eagre
/ ˈɪɡə /
noun
- a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eagre1
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of eagre1
C17: perhaps from Old English ŧǰ flood; compare Old English ŧ river, water
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The other name by which the phenomenon is known, “eagre,” is also of unknown origin.
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As for the tidal wave, improperly called an eagre, which rushed up the sea-front, it had but a very moderate height and a quite restricted force.
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The tide of fashion was rushing like an eagre "up to the Park."
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Wherefore with leave th’ infinitie I’ll sing Of time, Of Space: or without leave; I’m brent With eagre rage, my heart for joy doth spring, And all my spirits move with pleasant trembeling.
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As we met the roaring eagre we felt the engine leap, as Schwartz’s311 hesitation left him and he opened the throttle.
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