euripus Meaning, Definition & Usage

Eu*ri"pus noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. well + a rushing motion.
Definitions
  1. A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubæa and Bæotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

Webster 1913