Gulph

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of gulf. alt-of, hypercorrect, obsolete

    "Or that the sword of some brave enemy Had put a sudden stop to my hot breath, And hurl’d me down the illimitable gulph Of times past, unremember’d!"

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of gulf. alt-of, alternative

    "Fill to[…]the full glass—the Cape Horn measure, which you may gulph down for a shilling."

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abysmabyssabyssaperturearmarmlet

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"Or that the sword of some brave enemy Had put a sudden stop to my hot breath, And hurl’d me down the illimitable gulph Of times past, unremember’d!"

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