gup 
gup (gup), w. [Hind, gap, gapshap, prattle, tat- 
tle, gossip.] In India and the East, gossip; 
tattle; scandal. 
gurfel (ger'fel), . [Appar. a var. of Farpese 
goirfugel, ult. of E. garefowl.] The razor-billed 
auk. C. Swainson. [Prov. Eng.] 
gurget (gerj), n. [< L. gurges, a whirlpool: see 
gorge.] A whirlpool. 
Marching from Eden, . . . [he] shall find 
The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge 
Boils out from under ground. Milton, P. L., xii. 41. 
Sanguine, feverous, boiling gurge of pulse. 
Keats, Hyperion, ii. 
gurget (gerj), v. t. [< gurge, it. Cf. gorge, v.] 
To swallow ; engulf. 
In gurging gulfe of these such surging seas, 
My poorer soule who drown'd doth death request. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 227. 
gurgeonst (ger'jonz), n.pl. See grudgings. 
gurges (ger'jez), n. [L., a whirlpool : see gurge, 
gorge.] In her., a spiral of two narrow bands 
argent and azure, supposed to represent a whirl- 
pool. It generally occupies the whole field. 
gurgitation (ger-ji-ta'shon), n. [< L. gurgitare, 
engulf, flood, < gurges (gurgit-), a raging abyss, 
whirlpool: see gorge. Cf. regurgitation.] Surg- 
ing rise and fall; ebullient motion, as of boil- 
ing water. 
The whole eruption did not last longer than about five 
minutes, after which the water sank in the funnel and the 
same restless gurgitation was resumed. 
Geilcie, Geol. Sketches, ii. 19. 
gurgle (ger'gl), v.; pret. and pp. gurgled, ppr. 
gurgling. [Cf. Pg. gurgulhar, gush out, boil 
fast, bubble, = It. gorgogliare, gargle, bubble 
up, gurgle (gorgoglio, a gargling, gurgling, purl- 
ing) ; cf . also D. gorgelen = MLG. gorgelen, gar- 
gle, = G. gurgeln, refl. gargle, intr. rattle in the 
throat ; Sw. gurgla = Dan. gurgle, gargle : verbs 
associated with the noun, D. gorgel = OHG. 
gurgula, MHG. G. gurgel, throat, gargle, < L. 
gurgulio, the throat (see gargle 1 , gargoyle), but 
in part regarded, like the dial. var. guggle and 
gargle 1 , as imitative of the sound of water in a 
broken, irregular flow.] I. intraiis. 1. To run 
or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as 
water from a bottle, or a small stream on a 
stony bottom ; flow with a purling sound. 
Pure gurglitig rills the lonely desert trace. Young. 
Where twice a day 
Gurgled the waters of the moon-struck sea. 
Whittier, Bridal of Pennacook, v. 
2. To make a sound like that of gurgling liquid. 
Louder then will be the song : 
For she will plain, and gurgle, as she goes, 
As does the widow'd ring-dove. 
W. Mason, English Garden, iii. 
A thrush in the old orchard down in the hollow, out of 
sight, whistled and gurgled with continual shrill melody. 
Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, xxxiii. 
Far into the night the soft dip of the oar, and the gur- 
gling progress of the boats, was company and gentlest lul- 
laby. Howetts, Venetian Life, viii. 
II. traits. To utter or produce with a gurgling 
sound. 
Even here would malice leer its last, 
Gurgle its choked remonstrance. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 162. 
gurgle (ger'gl). n. [< gurgle, v.] A gurgling 
gush or flow of liquid; the sound made by a li- 
quid flowing from the narrow mouth of a ves- 
sel, or through any narrow opening; a purling 
sound, as of a small stream flowing over a stony 
bottom ; or the sound made when air is forced 
through a liquid. 
Flow, flow, thou crystal rill, 
With tinkling gurgles fill 
The mazes of the grove. 
Thompson, The Bower. 
He ought to hear the gurgle of a drowning prisoner, 
flung down into that darkness by us, his executioners. 
T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, x. 
gUTglet (ger'glet), w. [< gurgle + -et. Cf. gug- 
glet.] A very porous earthen vessel for cooling 
water by evaporation. 
A sponge and a small gurglet of water. 
L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, p. 10. 
gurgoliont, [ME., < OF. gurgulion, gourguil- 
lon, < L. curculio(n-) : see eurculio,] A weevil : 
same as eurculio. 
This maner crafte wol holde oute of tin whete 
Gurgolions and other noyus bestes. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X p. 18. 
gurgoylet (ger'goil), n. See gargoyle. 
gurnoflte (ger'hof-it), n. [< Gurhof(see def.) 
+ -ite 2 .] A subvariety of magnesian carbo- 
nate of lime or dolomite, found near Gurhof in 
Lower Austria. It is snow-white, and has a 
dull, slightly conchoidal or even fracture. 
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gurjun (.ger'jun), n. [E. Ind.] The IHpterocar- 
pus alatus, a very large tree of the East Indies 
and Philippine islands, the wood of which is 
used for house-building and canoes. This and 
other species furnish an oleoresin known as wood-oil or 
gurjun balsam, which is used as a substitute for balsam of 
copaiba, as a varnish and an ingredient in the coarser kinds 
of paint, as a substitute for tar in pitching boats, and for 
preserving timber from the attack of the white ant. As a 
medicine it is used in gonorrhea, and as an excitant in 
salves for inveterate ulcers. 
gurkint, . See gherkin. 
gurl 1 (gerl), v. i. [< ME. gurleii ; a transposed 
form of growl, D. grolltn, etc. : see growl. ] To 
growl; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] 
As a mete in a man that is not defied bifore, makith man 
bodi to gurle [var. groule}. 
Wycl\f, Select Works (ed. Arnold), II. 249. 
gur! 2 t, n. An obsolete form of girl. 
gurlet (ger'let), n. [Origin not ascertained.] 
A masons' pickax with a sharp point and a cut- 
ting edge. 
gurlyt (ger'li), a. [Also gurlie; a transposed 
f orm of growly : see gurl 1 .] Fierce; stormy. 
The clouds grew dark, and the wind grew loud, 
And the levin fill'd her ee ; 
And waesome wail'd the snaw-white sprites 
Upon the gurlie sea. 
The Daemon Lover (Child's Ballads, I. 204). 
Iberius with a gurly nod, 
Cried Hogan ! yes, we ken your god. 
Tis herrings you adore. 
Allan Ramsay, The Vision. (Xaekay.) 
gurmondt, n. An obsolete form of gormand. 
funny (ger'mi), n. ; pi. gunnies (-miz). [Origi 
not ascertained.] In mining, a level ; a work- 
gurnard (ger'nard), n. [Msogurnet; < ME. gur- 
nard, < OF. "gournard, not found, but cf. gour- 
ii 1 1 n lil. gournault, gournaut, gourneau, F. gre- 
nean, transposed from grougnaut, a gurnard, 
lit. grunter, this being an altered form of grott- 
gnard, F. grognard, a., grunting, also as u.,gro- 
gnard, a grunter, < grongner, F. grogner, grunt 
(cf . F. grondin, a gurnard, < grander, grunt): see 
groin 2 a,odgrunt. Cf. G. knurrhahn, knorrhahn, 
Dan. knurhane, Sw. knorrhane, a gurnard, lit. 
' grunting cock ' ; Norw. knurfisk, lit. ' grunt- 
ing fish' (G. knurren, Dan. knurre, Sw. knorra, 
grumble, growl: see knar 2 , growl). The allu- 
sion is to the grunting sound the gurnard makes 
when taken out of the water.] 1. Any fish of 
the family Triglidte, and especially of the re- 
stricted subfamily Triglinte; a triglid or trigline. 
The name is chiefly applied to 8 species of Trigla proper 
which are found in British waters. These are T. gurnar- 
dus, the gray gurnard, also called knoud or nowd and croo- 
nach ; T. cuculus, the red gurnard or cuckoo-gurnard, also 
called elleck, redjish, ratchet, and soldier; T. lineatus. the 
lineated or French gurnard or striped rock-gurnard; T. 
Mi-undo, the sapphirlne gurnard ; T. paciloptera, the little 
gurnard; T. lyra, the piper-gurnard ; T. lueerna, the shin- 
ing gurnard or long-nnned captain ; and T. blochi. These 
(Mies resemble sculping, and the family to which they be- 
long is also known as Sclerogenidce. In the United States 
the corresponding fishes are several species of a different 
genus, Pnonotus, and are commonly called sea-robins, not 
gurnards. Those triglids which belong to the subfamily 
Peristediiwe are distinguished as armed or mailed gur- 
nards, as Peristedion cataphractum. 
2. The gemmous dragonet, Callionymus lyra, 
more fully called yellow gurnard. See cut under 
Callionymus. 3. A flying-fish or flying-robin 
of the family Cephalacanthidee (or Dactylop- 
teridce), more fully called flying-gurnard. The 
best-known species is Cephalacanthus or Dac- 
tylopterns rnlitans. See cut under Daetylopte- 
rus. 
The west part of the land was high browed, much like 
Hakluyt's Voyages, II. ii. 
the head of a gurnard. 
gurnet 1 (ger'net), H. 
form of gurnard. 
I am a soused gurnet. 
gurnet 2 (ger'net), n. 
An obsolete or dialectal 
.Wot., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 
Same as garnet 2 . 
gurr (ger), n. [Anglo-Ind., < Hind, garh, a fort, 
castle (also in dim. garhi, >E. gurry 2 ); cf. garha, 
thick, close, strong.] In India, a native fort. 
Compare gurry 2 . 
Many of his Heathen Nobles, only such as were befriend- 
ed by strong Gurrs, or Fastnesses upon the Mountains. 
Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (1681), p. 165. 
gurrah (gur'a), n. [Anglo-Ind., < Hind, garhd 
(cerebral r), a kind of cloth ; as adj., thick, 
close, Strong.] A kind of plain coarse India 
muslin. 
gurry 1 (gur'i), n. [Also gurrey; origin ob- 
scure.] If. Feces. Holland. 2. Fish-offal. 
It is sometimes ground up for bait when bait-fish are 
scarce. [New Eng. ] 
The fisherman dips a bucket of fresh water from the 
spring, and, washing the gurnj from his hands and face, 
starts for home. Peter Gott, the Fisherman. 
gush 
3. In whate-fishing, the refuse resulting from 
the operations of cutting in and boiling out a 
whale. 4. The refuse of a dissecting-room. 
The term is said to have been introduced at Cambridge 
and Boston, Massachusetts, by Professor Jeffries Wyman, 
and to have become current there. 
5. One of the grades of menhaden-oil: a trade- 
name. 
gurry 1 (gur'i), . t. ; pret. and pp. gurried, ppr. 
gurrying. [< gurry 1 , .] To foul with gurry; 
throw offal upon, as fishing-gear or fishing- 
grounds. The word is applied chiefly to herring-weirs 
upon which gurry may drift from the place where it has 
been dumped. This is a great injury, as herring will not 
approach a gurried weir. [New Eng.] 
gurry 2 (gur'i ), n.; pl.</ttrn'es(-iz). [Anglo-Ind., 
repr. Hind, garhi (cerebral r}, a small fort, dim. 
of garh, a fort or castle (cf. garha, thick, close, 
strong). Cf. gurrah.'] In India, a small native 
fort. 
gurry-bait (gur'i-bat), n. Gurry used as bait. 
gurry-butt (gur'i-but), . 1. A dung-sledge. 
[Prov. Eng.] 2. A large butt or cask used as 
a receptacle for cod-livers. [New Eng.] 
gurry-fish (gur'i-fish), n. Straggling fish left 
on a fishing-ground after the school-fish have 
migrated: so called by the bank-fishers. 
gurry-ground (gur'i-ground), n. A ground at 
sea where gurry or fish-offal may be dumped 
without injury to the fishery. Such places are 
commonly selected by agreement among fisher- 
men. [New Eng.] 
gurry-shark (gur'i-shark), n. The sleeper or 
ground-shark, Somniosus microeephalus : so call- 
ed from its lying in wait for gurry. [New Eng.] 
gurt (gert), n. [Origin obscure.] In mining, a 
gutter; a channel for water. 
gurtst (gerts), n. pi. [Transposed form of grits 
(not of groats) : see grit 1 .'] Groats. 
guru (go'rS), n. [Hind., etc., guru, < Skt. guru, 
heavy, weighty, important, worthy of honor; 
as a noun, one to be honored, a teacher (see 
def.); = Gr. /iapvr,, heavy, =L. gratis, heavy: see 
grave 3 ."] A Hindu spiritual teacher or guide. 
Also written gooroo. 
guru-nut (go'ro'-nut), n. Same as cola-nut. 
guse (giis), w. A Scotch form of goose. 
gush (gush), r. [Early mod. E. also gowshe; < 
ME. guschen, gush; (1) prob. of OLG. origin, 
< OD. guysen, flow out with a gurgling noise, 
gush, = OFlem. freq. gusselen, gosselen, pour 
out, spill (Kilian), =LG. gusen, gissen, and freq. 
gieseln, > prob. G. dial, gausen, and freq. giuseln, 
pour out ; secondary forms, with formative -s, 
of D. gieten= OS. giotan = OFries. giata, iata 
= AS. getitan (pret. gedt, pi. guton, pp. goten), 
tr. pour, pour out, shed, cast, found, intr. flow, 
stream, ME. geten, yeten, Sc. yet, yit, pour, 
etc. (> ult. E. deriv. gut and ingot, q. v.), = 
OHG. giozan, MHG. giezen, G. giessen = Sw. 
gjuta = ODan. gjude, Dan. gyde, pour, = Icel. 
gjota, cast, drop one's young (of an animal), 
= Goth, giutan, pour, = L. fundere, pp. fusus, 
pour (> ult. E. found 3 and fuse 1 , q. v.); allied 
to Gr. x e ' v t pour (> ult. E. chyle, chyme 1 ). (2) 
Less prob. of Scand. origin, < Icel. gusa, gush, 
spirt out, or rather (gusa being a secondary 
weak verb, without examples in Cleasby and 
Vigfusson, and presumably mod. ) from its prim- 
itive gjosa (pret. gauss, pi. gusu, pp. gosinn), 
gush, break out, as a furnace, volcano, and the 
like ; hence geysa, rush furiously, gush ( > Gey- 
sir, E. geyser, q. v.), gustr, a gust, E. gust 1 (cf. 
also (?) Sw. dial, gaga, blow, puff, reek) ; per- 
haps = L. haurire, draw water, also spill, shed 
(see exhaust). Whether Icel. gjosa, gush, is 
related to the fore-mentioned gjota, cast, is 
doubtful.] I. intrans. 1. To issue with force 
and volume, as a fluid from confinement; flow 
suddenly or copiously; come pouring out, as 
water from a spring or blood from a wound. 
See, she panta, and from her flesh 
The warm blood gitsheth out afresh. 
Fletcher, Faithful Shepherdess, iii. 1. 
There saw they two rocks, from whence a current gusht 
with excessive violence. Sandys, Travailes, p. 78. 
The gushing of the wave 
Far away did seem to mourn and rave 
On alien shores. Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters. 
Hence 2. To speak effusively or from a sud- 
den emotional impulse ; be extravagantly and 
effusively sentimental. 
For my own part, I am forever meeting the most star- 
tling examples of the insular faculty to gush. 
II. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 186. 
II. trans. To emit suddenly, forcibly, or copi- 
ously. 
The gaping wound gushed out a crimson flood. 
Dryden. 
