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OP Dear WW: I finally found "aboideau" in forthright's phrontistery. It means "tide gate".
Venice for instance has spent millions for a tide gate to minimize destructive effects of
extra high tides. In some places in France, they now have gates to hold high tide from
going out, to make it generate electricity. Original meaning was "dike", but somehow
different from usual dikes, couldn't find details.
Today we have Watergates, to flush out rascals.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted I met a few words wwh 02/08/03 07:56 PM Re: I met a few words Wordwind 02/08/03 08:47 PM Re: abraid WhitmanO'Neill 02/08/03 08:48 PM Re: abraid wwh 02/08/03 09:27 PM Re: abraid WhitmanO'Neill 02/08/03 09:34 PM Re: abraid wwh 02/08/03 10:16 PM Re: abraid Wordwind 02/08/03 10:51 PM Re: aboideau wwh 02/08/03 10:58 PM Re: aboideau wofahulicodoc 02/09/03 12:31 AM Re: aboideau wwh 02/09/03 01:22 AM Re: upbraid WhitmanO'Neill 02/08/03 11:58 PM Re: upbraid wwh 02/09/03 12:10 AM Re: upbraid WhitmanO'Neill 02/09/03 03:21 AM Re: meet a few more wwh 02/08/03 10:17 PM
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