Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It
originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds,
is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico,
and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off
the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about
two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is
sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. -- Gulf weed (Bot.), a
branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous
berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso
Sea, and elsewhere.
Gulf"y (?), a. Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.
Gul"gul (?), n. [Hind. galgal.] A cement made in India from sea shells,
pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to
prevent the boring of worms.