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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

Such passages as these— O Publi, O gurges Galloni, es homo miser, inquit, Cenasti in vita numquam bene, quom omnia in ista Consumis squilla atque acipensere quum decumano.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

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

Is erit Apronius ille; qui, ut ipse non solum vita, sed etiam corpore atque ore significat, immensa aliqua vorago est ac gurges vitiorum turpitudinumque omnium.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony