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Estuary
Literally, the boiling place; the mouth of a river is so called
because the water there seems to seethe and boil. (Latin, oestuo,
to boil.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Estuary from Infoplease:
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