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Estuaries - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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.
2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.
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