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Guy-ropes

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Guide, or guiding-ropes, to steady heavy goods while a-hoisting. (Spanish and Portuguese guia, from guiar, to guide.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Gurney Light
Guthlac (St.)
Guthrum
Guttapercha
Gutter
Gutter Children
Gutter Lane (London)
Guy
Guy (Thomas)
Guy, Earl of Warwick
Guy-ropes
Guyon (Sir)
Gwynn (Nell)
Gygēs Ring
Gymnastics
Gymnosophists
Gyneth
Gyp
Gypsy
Gyrfalcon, Gerfalcon
Gyromancy
H