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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; < L gurges whirlpool
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