Esture

/ˈɛstʃər/ noun

Definition

Boiling or surging motion; the action of ebbing and flowing like a tide; agitation or heat (archaic).

Etymology

From Latin 'aestuare' (to surge, boil), related to 'aestus' (tide, heat). An older noun form now replaced by 'estuary' for the geographic feature.

Kelly Says

Esture is a wonderfully archaic word that originally meant the very thing an estuary does—that constant surging, boiling action of tides meeting river water.

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