Gur"geons (?), n. pl. [Obs.] See Grudgeons.
Gur"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gurgled (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Gurgling
(?).] [Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio
gullet. Cf. Gargle, Gorge.] To run or flow in a broken, irregular,
noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles
or stones.
Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, And waste their music
on the savage race.
Young.
Gur"gle, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling
gurgles." W. Thompson.
Gur"glet (?), n. [See Goglet.] A porous earthen jar for cooling water
by evaporation.
Gur"gling*ly` (?), adv. In a gurgling manner.
Gur"goyle (?), n. See Gargoyle.
Gur"jun (?), n. A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the
Diptcrocarpus lÊvis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and
as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint.
Gurl (?), n. A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See Girl. Chaucer.
Gur"let (?), n. (Masonry) A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting
edge. Knight.
Gur"my (?), n. (Mining) A level; a working.
{ Gur"nard (?), Gur"net (?) } n. [OF. gornal, gournal, gornart, perh.
akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead gurnard.] (Zoˆl.) One
ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied
genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the
species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to
the American sea robins. [Written also gournet.]
Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.
Gur"ni*ad (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Gwiniad.
Gur"ry (?), n. An alvine evacuation; also, refuse matter. [Obs. or
Local] Holland.