gurglet

English

Noun

gurglet (plural gurglets)

1. Alternative form of goglet
   • 1855, John Welsh Dulles, Life in India, Palankeen Travelling:

     From the ceiling hangs a net in which your cap, a few oranges, a brush, &c., find a place, and in each corner you can put some useful article. Without, a rattan basket hangs, containing a tumbler and gurglet, or earthenware bottle.

   • 1880, Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Book 1, Chapter 2:

     In token thereof, he went first to the litter, and, from the cot or box opposite the one he had occupied in coming, produced a sponge and a small gurglet of water, with which he washed the eyes, face, and nostrils of the camel

References

• “gurglet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Verb

gurglet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of gurgeln