eagre

or ea·ger

[ ee-ger, ey-ger ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a tidal bore or flood.

eagre

/ ˈeɪɡə /

noun

1. a tidal bore, esp of the Humber or Severn estuary

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of eagre¹

C17: perhaps from Old English ēagor flood; compare Old English ēa river, water

Example Sentences

Dryden, who had noticed it in the river Trent, calls it the "Eagre."

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Eagre is the old English word for vinegar, which is just “wine-eagre.”

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The other name by which the phenomenon is known, “eagre,” is also of unknown origin.

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The tide of fashion was rushing like an eagre "up to the Park."

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