gulfed

Verb

gulf (third-person singular simple present gulfs, present participle gulfing, simple past and past participle gulfed)

1. (transitive) To engulf.
   • […] if with thee the roaring wells
     ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine;
     ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine,
     Should toss with tangle and with shells.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto X”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
2. (transitive, Oxbridge slang) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
   • The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself.1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five Years in an English University, pages 228–229

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