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5 lettersPronunciation /ædʒə(ɹ)/Sorted aeggrStarts with AEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A double tide in which the water rises or falls in two stages.

Word origin

From Middle English agger (“heap, pile”), from Latin agger (“earthwork, rubble, rampart”), from ad- (“toward, towards”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Used in a sentence

  • A double tide or agger is a high tide consisting of two maxima of nearly the same height, separated by a relatively small depression; or a low tide consisting of two minima separated by a relatively small elevation.
  • By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.
  • But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.

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