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Meaning of GURGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Gurge\, n. [L. gurges.]
    A whirlpool. [Obs.]
          The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out
          from under ground.                       --Milton.
    
  2. \Gurge\, v. t. [See Gorge.]
    To swallow up. [Obs.]
    
 
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