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  1. 1. n. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell. Source: webster
  6. 6. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.Lyell. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix Source: ecdict

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