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Gargle   Listen
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.)





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"Gargle" Quotes from Famous Books



... recommended in intermittent fevers, and though itself generally inadequate to the cure often proves serviceable as an adjunct to Peruvian bark or sulphate of quinia." Also used for typhous diseases, in dyspepsia, as a gargle for sore throat, as a mild stimulant in typhoid fevers, and to promote eruptions. The genus derives its scientific name from its supposed efficacy in promoting menstrual discharge, and some species have acquired the "reputation of antidotes for ...
— The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees • James Mooney


Words linked to "Gargle" :   utter, rinse, sound, lave, emit, mouthwash


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