2 entries under this word

Estuary

Ĕst'ū-a-ry, n.

noun

(64), n. [Lat. æstuarium, from æstuare. See supra.]

  1. A place where water boils up or wells forth. [Obs.] Bogle.
  2. A narrow passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

Ĕst'ū-a-ry, a.

adjective

a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.