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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ea•gre (ē′gər, ā′gər),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- Oceanography, British Termsa tidal bore or flood.
Also, eager. - 1640–50; apparently representing earlier agar, ager, obscurely akin to hyger, higre; (compare Anglo-Latin (12th century) higra the tidal bore of the Severn); compared with Old English ēgor, eogor flood, high tide, though preservation of g in modern forms is problematic
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