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Gargle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Any liquid preparation for washing the mouth and throat.

Gargle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To wash the throat and mouth with a liquid preparation, which is kept from descending into the stomach by a gentle expiration of air.

2. To warble; to play in the throat. [Unusual.]

Gargle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. See Gargoyle.

2. A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

Gargle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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