Hypertext Webster Gateway: "estuary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, a.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
--Lyell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also
{[ae]stuary}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
estuary
n : the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and
salt water mix
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