Es"tu*ance (?), n. [From L. aestuans, p. pr. of aestuare. See Estuate.] Heat. [Obs.]
Es"tu*a*rine (?), a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.
Es"tu*a*ry (?), n.; pl. Estuaries (#). [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also æstuary.] 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.
Es"tu*a*ry, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
Es"tu*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Estuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estuating.] [L. aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr. aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr.&?; to burn. See Ether.] To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Bacon.
Es`tu*a"tion (?), n. [L. aestuatio.] The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.
The estuations of joys and fears.
W. Montagu.
||Es*tu"fa (?), n.; pl. Estufas (#). [Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. Stove.] An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H. Morgan.
Es"ture (?; 135), n. [See Estuate.] Commotion. [Obs.] Chapman.
E*su"ri*ent (?), a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.] Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient." Carlyle.