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Webster 1913 Edition

Euripus

Eu-ri′pus

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
εὖ
well + [GREEK] a rushing motion.]
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient frith of this name between Eubœa and Bœotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Euripus

EU'RIPUS

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Noun.
[Gr. L. Euripus.] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows, as that in Greece, between Euboea and Attica, or Euboea and Boeotia. It is sometimes used for a strait or frith much agitated.

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