ESTUARIES

Noun

estuaries

plural of estuary

Source: Wiktionary

ESTUARY

Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. Etym: [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also æstuary.]

1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle.

2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana.

Es"tu*a*ry, a.

Definition: Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition