gargle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

G'ARGLE, verb transitive [Eng. to gurgle.] 1. To wash the throat and mouth with a liquid preparation, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air. 2. To warble; to play in the throat. [Unusual.] G'ARBLE, noun Any liquid preparation for washing the mouth and throat.
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