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Pronunciation : Es"tu*a*ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also ?stuary.]
Definition : 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.

pl. Estuaries.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Es"tu*a*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913