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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eagre \Ea"gre\, n. [AS. e['a]gor, ?gor, in comp., water, sea, e['a]gor-stre['a]m water stream, sea.] 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: eagre n : a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: {tidal bore}, {bore}, {aegir}, {eager}]
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