Obs. rare. [f. SPURGE v.1]
1. Fermenting, spuming.
1566. Adlington, Apuleius, 44. The Goddesse whom … the froth of the spurging waves had nourished.
1570. Googe, Popish Kingd., III. 38 b. Saint Vrban makes the pleasant wine, and doth preserue it still, And spourging vessels all with Must continually doth fill.
2. Purging; purgative.
1632. Brome, Crt. Beggar, IV. ii. The Devill fright him next for a spurging skitterbrooke. Ibid. (a. 1652), Queenes Exch., V. i. You do not remember How I behav’d my self upon the eating of Spurging Comfects.
