v. t. [ See Gorge. ] To swallow up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. gurges. ] A whirlpool. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge
Boils out from under ground. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ Obs. ] See Grudgeons. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace,
And waste their music on the savage race. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. “Tinkling gurgles.” W. Thompson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Goglet. ] A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a gurgling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Gargoyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus lævis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint. [ 1913 Webster ]