gargil, gargols

[Fr. gargouille the weazand of the throat.] A distemper in geese, affecting the head. gar-gle, v . t . [Fr. gargouiller , from gargouille = the weazand of the throat; Lat. gurgolio =the gullet; Ger. gurgel =the throat; gurgeln to gargle; Lat. gargarizo , from Gr. gargarizō to gargle.] [GARGARIZE.] IMG:content-0332.png:[blocks in formation] gar'-gle, s. [GARGLE, v.] 1. A medicated liquid used for washing or rinsing the mouth or throat. "His throat was washed with one of the gargles set down in the method of cure." - Wiseman : Surgery. 2. A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and lo of appetite. "The same is holden to be good for the heale of the squinancie or gargle in swine." -P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xxv., ch. v. gar-gli-on, s . [Etym. doubtful; cf. GARGLE, 8.] An exudation of nervous juice from a bruise, or the like, which indurates into a hard, immovable tumor. (Quincy.) gar-gol, gar'-gil, gar-gle, s. [GARGLE, 8.] A distemper in hogs; garget. "The signs of the gargol in hogs are, hanging down of the head, moist eyes, staggering, and lo of appetite." Mortimer: Husbandry. gar-goyle, gar-goil, gür-goyle, *gar-gyll, *gar-gylle, s . [Fr. gargouille the weazand of the throat; Sp. gorgola =a gargoyle. [GARGLE, v.] Arch .: A quaintly-formed head of a man or animal, employed as a decorative spout for the rainwater from a roof. The most common form was that of a dragon projecting from the roof gutter, but the varieties are innumerable. They were used in all styles of architecture, and are many of them of a mest hideous appearance.