Eagre - What does it mean?
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* 1614 , Walter Raleigh, The History of the World , Book III., Chapter VII.,
a tidal bore
* {{quote-book
, year=1896
, author=Bret Harte
, title=In a hollow of the hills: and other tales?
, page=210
eagre
English
Etymology 1
See (eager)Adjective
(en adjective)page #66:
- How?oeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians'' being no le??e wearied of the warre, than the ''Athenians'' were eagre to pur?ue it, the one obtained their ea?e, and the other the execution and honor which they de?ired : for all the ''Greekes'' (tho?e of ''Peloponme?us'' excepted) willingly ?ubiected them?elues to the commandment of the ''Athenians which was both beginning of their greatne??e in that pre?ent age, and of their ruine in the next ?ucceeding.
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Alternative forms
* aegir, eygreNoun
(en noun)citation, passage=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.}}