GUDGEON substantive (lat. gobio). Ichthyology – genus of cyprinoïd fishes close to the tench and including several species of freshwater fish. The ordinary gudgeon (gobio fluviatilis) is a small white fish that is usually caught by angling. Its flesh is highly esteemed. It can be found in all our clear and shallow waters. Its size is 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in). Its food consists of worms, aquatic insects, larvae, small molluscs, etc.
 
Extract from the Trousset encyclopedia, 1886 – 1891.

The two enemies looked at each other silently. Each of them seemed to be waiting for the other one to provoke him. From the muted rage spread over Brousselle’s face, one could have thought for a moment that some deadly insult was about to shoot from his tense white lips. This didn’t happen, though. After a violent but short inner struggle, Laure’s stepfather managed to hold back his fury. He soon smiled proudly, as a man who was able to …Read more »

GAZA (arab. Ghazza), city in Syria, on the road leading to Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the desert, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the sea. Population about 15 000. Important entrepôt for caravan traffic between Egypt and Syria. Gaza has few remains of antiquity. The only building worthy of interest is a mosque, formerly …Read more »

There’s nothing like a secret weighs;
Too heavy ’tis for women tender;
And, for this matter, in my days,
I’ve seen some men of female gender.

To prove his wife, a husband cried,
(The night he knew the truth would hide,)
‘O Heavens! What’s this? O dear — I beg
I’m torn — O! O! I’ve laid an egg!’ …Read more »