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Webster 1913 Edition


Gurge

Gurge

(gûrj)
,
Noun.
[L.
gurges
.]
A whirlpool.
[Obs.]
The plain, wherein a black bituminous
gurge

Boils out from under ground.
Milton.

Gurge

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Gorge
.]
To swallow up.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Gurge

GURGE

,
Noun.
[L. gurges.] A whirlpool. [Little used.]

GURGE

,
Verb.
T.
To swallow. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


gurge

gurge

English

Verb

gurge (third-person singular simple present gurges, present participle gurging, simple past and past participle gurged)

  1. (obsolete) To swallow up.

Etymology 2

From Latin gurges .

Noun

gurge (plural gurges)

  1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
    • Milton
      The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge / Boils out from under ground.