Definition for EU'RI-PUS

EU'RI-PUS, n. [Gr. Ευριπος; L. Euripus.]

A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows, as that in Greece, between Eubœa and Attica, or Eubœa and Bœotia. It is sometimes used, for a strait or frith much agitated. Burke.

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