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EAGRE

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ea⋅gre

  [ee-ger, ey-ger]
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–noun Chiefly British.
a tidal bore or flood.
Also, eager.

Origin:
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 ēgor, eogor flood, high tide, though preservation of g in modern forms is problematic
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bore 3   (bôr, bōr)   
n.  A high, often dangerous wave caused by the surge of a flood tide upstream in a narrowing estuary or by colliding tidal currents. Also called eagre.

[Middle English bare, wave, from Old Norse bāra; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ea·gre also ea·ger   (ē'gər, ā'gər)   
n.  See bore3.

[Origin unknown.]
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