eagre

Example Sentences

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A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.

From A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories by Harte, Bret

As we met the roaring eagre we felt the engine leap, as Schwartz’s311 hesitation left him and he opened the throttle.

From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert

“He’s eagre, and she’s mustard; and they’ll none mix ill—but they’ll set folks’ throats a-fire as meddles wi’ ’em.”

From Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

As for the tidal wave, improperly called an eagre, which rushed up the sea-front, it had but a very moderate height and a quite restricted force.

From The Tremendous Event by Leblanc, Maurice

The tide of fashion was rushing like an eagre "up to the Park."

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie