the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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. See bore.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See eager.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Word Usage
"Agar (the Humber eagre), and this year each fond father dreads lest his daughter will be chosen for the victim."