gurgesn.
/ˈɡəːdʒiːz/ a. A whirlpool, gulf; dialect a pool, pond.
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1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 19 Here a Boat kicking on the Surges, And there one sinking in a Gurges.
1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 633 There may be a very Low Ebb, though no High-Spring, which they terme an Out-let or Gurges of the Sea.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Gurgise, a fish-pool; lake or pond.
b. Heraldry. A charge consisting of a spiral of two narrow bands, intended to represent a whirlpool, and blazoned argent and azure.
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1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. ii. 19 A Gurges, or Whirlpoole proper, by the name of Gorges, here the Field is not named at all, by reason it doth fill up all the vacuity of the Field, and is always Azure and Argent, the proper colour of water.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
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