EAGRE

Etymology 1

Adjective

eagre (comparative more eagre, superlative most eagre)

Obsolete form of eager.

Etymology 2

Noun

eagre (plural eagres)

a tidal bore

Synonyms

• tidal bore, bore

Anagrams

• Eager, aeger, agree, eager, geare, æger

Source: Wiktionary


Ea"gre, n. Etym: [AS. eágor, , in comp., water, sea, eágor-streám water stream, sea.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THEORETICAL

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