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Gurges

//ˈɡɝd͡ʒiz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A whirlpool. rare

    "It was early—only ten p.m.—but already gurgeses of light and gales of sound frothed in unison to a familiar relentless heartbeat."

  2. 2
    plural of gurge form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A series of typically four to six concentric annulets (in early heraldry, from at least the 1200s), or a spiralling line from the centre to the edge of the shield (in late heraldry); a stylized whirlpool.

    "Argent, a gurges azure, is borne by GORGES, of Langford, Wilts., created a Baronet 1612. As the gurges (like the fountain) represents water, argent and azure are its proper tinctures."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gurges, from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gour.

Etymology 2

From gurge + -s.

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