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gurge

[gurj] noun, plural gur·ges [gur-jees] , verb, gurged, gurg·ing.
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.
Origin:
1515–25; < Latin gurges whirlpool

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