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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, a. Belonging to or formed in an estuary; as estuary strata. --Lyell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium from aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also {[ae]stuary}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: estuary n : the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
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