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A tidal bore (bore, n.3 2). Also more fully tide head. Obsolete.
A tide-wave of extraordinary height, caused either by the meeting of two tides, or by the rushing of the tide up a narrowing estuary. Cf. eagre, n.…
A tidal surge that moves upstream in certain estuaries and rivers; = bore, n.3 2.
In France: a tidal bore in an estuary.
a seiche occurring in the open sea.