Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
eager .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 . Seebore .
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- adjective Obsolete form of
eager . - noun a
tidal bore
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Friday The 13th was the nail in the coffin - the movie was so eagre to both reinvent itself and cater to fans at the same time that it completely forgot to remind us why Jason is such a horror badass.
Interview: Samuel Bayer, Director of A Nightmare on Elm Street | /Film 2010
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Agar (the Humber eagre), and this year each fond father dreads lest his daughter will be chosen for the victim.
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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Then we are caught into the primal beauty of earth, and life flows in upon us like an eagre.
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As we met the roaring eagre we felt the engine leap, as Schwartz's hesitation left him and he opened the throttle.
Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Herbert Quick 1893
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_ 'But like an _eagre_ rode in triumph o'er the tide.'
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_ 'But like an _eagre_ rode in triumph o'er the tide.'
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869
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"He's eagre, and she's mustard; and they'll none mix ill -- but they'll set folks 'throats a-fire as meddles wi' 'em."
Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Eagre is the old English word for vinegar, which is just "wine-eagre."
Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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[Footnote 90: 'An eagre:' a tide swelling above another tide -- observed on the River Trent.] [Footnote 91: 'Short and Hobbes:' two physicians who attended on the king.] [Footnote 92: 'King:' King David.] [Footnote 93: 'The prophet:' Elijah.] *****
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes John Dryden 1665
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word eagre
a wave of unusual height, especially a tidal wave up a narrow estuary.
February 25, 2007