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estuary
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Estuary
(gcide) | Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also
[ae]stuary.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
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2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
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it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.
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Estuary
(gcide) | Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, a.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
--Lyell.
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estuary
(wn) | estuary
n 1: the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and
salt water mix |
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estuary
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AEstuary
(gcide) | AEstuary \[AE]s"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n. & a.
See Estuary.
[1913 Webster]Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also
[ae]stuary.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
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2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
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it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.
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aestuary
(gcide) | AEstuary \[AE]s"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n. & a.
See Estuary.
[1913 Webster]Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also
[ae]stuary.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
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2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
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it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.
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Questuary
(gcide) | Questuary \Ques"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. quaestuarius, from quaestus
gain, profit, quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, earn.]
Studious of profit. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]Questuary \Ques"tu*a*ry\, n.
One employed to collect profits. [R.] "The pope's
questuaries." --Jer. Taylor.
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estuary
(wn) | estuary
n 1: the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and
salt water mix |
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