higre

English

Noun

higre (plural higres)

Obsolete form of eagre.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 7 p. 101:
  ...when the Higre takes her,
  How Fever-like the sicknes shakes her;

References

“higre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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