[BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] root of guy wire?

[Steve Katz]

Guy.  n.  Male of the human species.  Opposite of Gal.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Lux [SMTP:jimlux at earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:04 PM
> To:	Matt Beer; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	[BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] root of guy wire?
> 
> At 02:43 PM 11/5/2003 -0500, Matt Beer wrote:
> >This may sound strange but, what is the root of the term guy wire or just
> 
> >singly "guy" as a support.  Where did it originate from?
> 
> guy
> n.
> A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.
> 
> tr.v. guyed, guy·ing, guys
> To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.
> 
> 
> [Partly from Middle English gie, guide, guy (from Old French guie, from 
> guier, to guide. See weid- in Indo-European Roots), and partly from Low 
> German; akin to Dutch gei, brail.]
> 
> Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth 
> Edition
> Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
> 
> 
> guy
> 
> \Guy\, n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to 
> keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word
> 
> as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.] A rope, chain, or rod attached to 
> anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is 
> being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, 
> spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension 
> bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or 
> rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending 
> obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
> 
> Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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