Gargalism, n.
Something gargled; a mouthwash.
It is attested in the funeral sermon for Lancelot Andrewes, 1626:
And true Religion is no way a gargalisme onely, to wash the tongue and mouth, to speake good words: it must root in the heart, and then fructifie in the hand; else it will not cleanse the whole man.
John Buckeridge, A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Right Honorable and Reverend Father in God Lancelot, Late Lord Bishop of Winchester, in the Parish Church of St. Savior in Southwarke, On Saturday being the XI. of November, A. D. MDCXXVI (London: Richard Badger, 1629), p. 7.
This word would seem to have the same meaning of gargarism, n., and could perhaps be listed with it as a variant form. Its figurative connotation, however, is not present in any of the examples listed under sense 1 of gargarism.
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