n. & a. See Estuary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary;
n. One employed to collect profits. [ R. ] “The pope's questuaries.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. quaestuarius, from quaestus gain, profit, quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, earn. ] Studious of profit. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]