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guy1
 
PRONUNCIATION:  g
NOUN: A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: guyed, guy·ing, guys
To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.
ETYMOLOGY:Partly from Middle English gie, guide, guy (from Old French guie, from guier, to guide; see weid- in Appendix I)and partly from Low German; akin to Dutch gei, brail.
 
 
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