euripus

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euripus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Euripus \Eu*ri"pus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; e'y^ well + ? a rushing
     motion.]
     A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a
     current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient
     frith of this name between Eub[oe]a and B[oe]otia. Hence, a
     flux and reflux. --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]