| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bôr, b r |
| NOUN: | A high, often dangerous wave caused by the surge of a flood tide upstream in a narrowing estuary or by colliding tidal currents. Also called eagre. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bare, wave, from Old Norse b ra. See bher-1 in Appendix I.
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