[ noun ] a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) <noun.event>
Eagre \Ea"gre\, n. [AS. e['a]gor, ?gor, in comp., water, sea, e['a]gor-stre['a]m water stream, sea.] 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}.