French words (mdmd(4) - questions)

Byrnes Weir weir at interlog.com
Thu Jul 31 00:38:37 CDT 1997


At 09:31 PM 7/18/97 -0400, Meg Larson wrote:
>> At 5:38 PM 7/17/97, Brian D. McCary wrote:
>> >MDMD(4) - Questions
>> 
>> >113-12    "This Chateau Gorce
>> 
>> Gorce sounds French, but I don't find the word in my Petit Robert or
>> Larousse dictionnaires
>>
>Couldn't find Gorce in any of ma sources de la francaise; possibly a
>surname???
> 
>
         in the OED Gorce means a whir pool



                                All the best, Byrnes



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Toronto Canada
                         



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