gurges
- plural of gurge.
Example Sentences
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Lo! the Blenheim Boanerges On a sudden re-emerges And, to calm the naval gurges, FISHER'S restoration urges.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 by Various
I think the word contained must be related to Old High German swal, Old Norse svelgr, gurges, Eng. swell, though it is wanting in the Celtic.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
The antient family of Gorges bore a gurges, or whirlpool, an unique instance, I believe, of that bearing.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
