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noun
1.
a whirlpool.
2.
Also, gorge. Also called whirlpool. Heraldry. a charge covering the entire field of an escutcheon and having the form either of a spirallike scroll or of a number of concentric rings, the whole field having two tinctures.
verb (used without object)
3.
to swirl like a whirlpool.
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Origin:
1515–25; < Latin gurges whirlpool
1515–25; < Latin gurges whirlpool
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