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verb
Gargle  v. t.  (past & past part. garggled, pres. part. gargling)  
1.
To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs.
2.
To warble; to sing as if gargling (Obs.)



noun
Gargle  n.  (Arch.) See Gargoyle.



Gargle  n.  A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.



Gargoyle  n.  (Written also gargle, gargyle, and gurgoyle)  (Arch.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.






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"Gargle" Quotes from Famous Books



... or air passages, and the treatment is almost identical with that for pneumonia; only applying the hot compress to the throat or chest, according to which part exhibits the most soreness. If the throat is very sore use the following gargle: Bichromate of potash (pulverized), one drachm; tincture capsicum, half ounce; pure water, two tablespoonfuls. Shake until dissolved. Add one teaspoonful of this mixture to three-fourths of a tumbler of water and gargle the throat every hour until relieved—then ...
— The Royal Road to Health • Chas. A. Tyrrell

... Louisa sat on the porch with her pepper-and-salt shawl on and a black wool "rigolette" tied over her head. Jack, very sulky and unresigned, was dispatched to bed under the care of the one servant, who was provided with a cupful of vinegar, salt, and water, for a gargle. John had more than an hour to wait for a returning train to Farnham, and although ordinarily he would have preferred to spend the time in the silent and unreproachful cemetery rather than in the society of his sister Louisa, he was too tired and hopeless to do anything but sit on the steps and smoke ...
— Homespun Tales • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... indeed," said Dashall, as they resumed their walk, "the age of wonders:—here is a girl who can bear to gargle her mouth with melted lead, put her delicate feet into the same scalding material, and pass through her hands a flaming red-hot poker! I am inclined to believe, that were the present an age of superstition, she ...
— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

... their faces! They enters, looks round, gives a shy sort of sniff, Seem to contemplate doing a guy, brace their legs, keep their hupper lips stiff; Take their tickets, walk up to the counter, assumin' a sham sort of bounce, And ask, shame-faced like, for their gargle, 'as p'r'aps is a ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, Sep. 24, 1892 • Various

... to be found in the offices of a majority of American business men? Why do they use it at the noon hour? Why do they sometimes halt important meetings, to gargle ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 • Various


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