From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gargle
n 1: a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
[syn: mouthwash]
2: the sound produced while gargling
v 1: utter with gargling or burbling sounds
2: rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash; "gargle with
this liquid" [syn: rinse]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gargoyle \Gar"goyle\, n. [OE. garguilie, gargouille, cf. Sp.
g['a]rgola, prob. fr. the same source as F. gorge throat,
influenced by L. gargarizare to gargle. See Gorge and cf.
Gargle, Gargarize.] (Arch.)
A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often
carved grotesquely. [Written also gargle, gargyle, and
gurgoyle.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gargle \Gar"gle\, n. (Arch.)
See Gargoyle.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gargle \Gar"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garggled, p. pr. & vb.
n. Gargling (?).] [F. gargouiller to dabble, paddle,
gargle. Cf. Gargoyle, Gurgle.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To warble; to sing as if gargling [Obs.] --Waller.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gargle \Gar"gle\, n.
A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to
cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical
effect.
[1913 Webster]