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Definition of Gurglet
1. n. A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation.
Definition of Gurglet
1. goglet [n -S] - See also: goglet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gurglet
Literary usage of Gurglet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"How, flow, thou crystal rill, With tinkling gurglet fill The mazes of the grove.
... A sponge and a small gurglet of water. L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, p. ..."
2. A Short Sketch of the Lives of Francis and William Light, the Founders of by Archibald Francis Steuart (1901)
"... William Fairlie of Calcutta,1 James Scott, and Thomas Pegou, with a " gold
gurglet and bason," a " silver ..."
3. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"From a gurglet of water near-by the Egyptian took a draught, and proceeded: " I
was born at Alexandria, a prince and a priest, and had the education usual ..."
4. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1896)
"... from the sun at the end of the trip, but through some mishap or other there
would be no tent and no familiar form bearing the water gurglet to be seen. ..."
5. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh by James Mackintosh (1836)
"... gurglet t leaks. " 8th.—A smart squall yesterday evening at eight o'clock,
with heavy rain. You remember that which we had in the ' Devonshire' about ..."
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