eagre Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
    eager; bore; aegir; tidal bore.

WordNet

Ea"gre noun
Etymology
AS. eágor, gor, in comp., water, sea, eágor-streám water stream, sea.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913