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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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} or {tidal bore}. See {Bore}.
     Ealderman



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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