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Traditional English :: gulp
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gulper.html - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by down) swallow hastily, greedily, or with effort.
2 intr. swallow gaspingly or with difficulty; choke.
3 tr. (foll. by down, back) stifle, suppress (esp. tears). --n. 1 an act of gulping (drained it at one gulp).
2 an effort to swallow.
3 a large mouthful of a drink. gulper n. gulpingly adv. gulpy adj. [ME prob. f. MDu. gulpen (imit.)] |
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Traditional English :: gulch
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gulper.html - n.
US a ravine, esp. one in which a torrent flows. [perh. dial. gulch to swallow] |
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Traditional English :: gulden
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gulper.html - n.
= GUILDER. [Du. & G, = GOLDEN] |
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Traditional English :: gules
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gulper.html - n. & adj.
(usu. placed after noun) Heraldry red. [ME f. OF goules red-dyed fur neck ornaments f. gole throat] |
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Traditional English :: gulf
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gulper.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth.
2 (the Gulf) the Persian Gulf.
3 a deep hollow; a chasm or abyss.
4 a wide difference of feelings, opinion, etc. --v.Gulf Stream an oceanic warm current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to Newfoundland where it is deflected into the Atlantic Ocean. [ME f. OF golfe f. It. golfo ult. f. Gk kolpos bosom, gulf] |
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Traditional English :: gulfweed
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gulper.html - n.
= SARGASSO. |
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