estuaries

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estuaries - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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