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gurgeses

gurgeses is the plural of gurges.

Meaning of gurges

Noun

gurges (plural gurges or gurgeses)

  1. (rare) A whirlpool.
    • It was early—only ten p.m.—but already gurgeses of light and gales of sound frothed in unison to a familiar relentless heartbeat.(Can we date this quote?), Wilyem Clark, Edgewise, Wilyem Clark, page 72
  2. A series of typically four to six concentric annulets (in early heraldry, from at least the 1200s), or a spiralling line from the centre to the edge of the shield (in late heraldry); a stylized whirlpool.
    • Argent, a gurges azure, is borne by GORGES, of Langford, Wilts., created a Baronet 1612. As the gurges (like the fountain) represents water, argent and azure are its proper tinctures.1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 153
    Synonyms:
    gorges

Questions about gurgeses

What is gurgeses the plural of?
Gurgeses is the plural of gurges.

Words near gurgeses in the dictionary

  1. Gurgaon
  2. gurge
  3. gurged
  4. gurgeons
  5. gurges
  6. gurgeses
  7. Gurghiu
  8. gurging
  9. gurgitate
  10. gurgitated
  11. gurgitates

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