Eū'ri-pūs, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. euripus, Gr. εὔριπος, from εὖ, well, and ῥιπή, a rushing motion, from ῥιπτεῖν, to throw, or from ῥίψ, ῥίπος, wicker-work, reed, rush.] 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 Eubœa and Bœotia.