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Gargle

verb
(past & past part. garggled, pres. part. gargling)
1.
Utter with gargling or burbling sounds.
2.
Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash.  Synonym: rinse.
noun
1.
A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.  Synonym: mouthwash.
2.
The sound produced while gargling.





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"Gargle" Quotes from Famous Books



... gangreno. Gaol malliberejo. Gaoler gardisto. Gap brecxo. Gap manko. Gape oscedegi. Garb vesto. Garden gxardeno. Gardener gxardenisto. Gardenia gardenio. Gardening gxardenlaborado. Gargle gargari. Gargle gargarajxo. Garland girlando. Garlic ajlo. Garment vesto. Garner provizi. Garnish ornami. Garniture garnituro. Garret subtegmento. Garrison garnizono. Garrote cxirkauxligi. Garter sxtrumpligilo. ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
... said Clover feebly; "I'm going to stand on my head and gargle with salve until my ...
— The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary • Anne Warner
... swollen to nearly three times its original size and hung down upon the tongue. The symptoms he complained of were inability to sing above F, and all high tones were husky. The production of the upper tones was accompanied with considerable pain. An emollient gargle was given and, soon after, astringent applications; but in vain. It was necessary three weeks afterward to amputate the uvula. Within three weeks more the operation was demonstrated a success in that the upper ...
— The Voice - Its Production, Care and Preservation • Frank E. Miller
... White vitriol is a valuable disinfectant, as it will arrest mortification. In solution it is employed in ulcers and cancers and also as a gargle in putrid sore throat. Dose—One-half to two grains in a pill; in solution, one to ten grains in an ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... come, said Gargantua, a stool here close by me at this end. I am content, said the monk, seeing you will have it so. Some water, page; fill, my boy, fill; it is to refresh my liver. Give me some, child, to gargle my throat withal. Deposita cappa, said Gymnast, let us pull off this frock. Ho, by G—, gentlemen, said the monk, there is a chapter in Statutis Ordinis which opposeth my laying of it down. Pish! said Gymnast, a fig for your ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais


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