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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GUY, n. gi. In marine affairs, a rope used to keep a heavy body steady while hoisting or lowering; also, a tackle to confine a boom forwards,when a vessel is going large, and to prevent the sail from gybing. Guy is also a large slack rope, extending from the head of the main-mast to that of the fore-mast, to sustain a tackle for loading or unloading.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo]
2: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
3: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) [syn: guy, guy cable, guy wire, guy rope] v
1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun]
2: steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably from Dutch gei brail Date: 1623 a rope, chain, rod, or wire attached to something as a brace or guide — called also guyline II. transitive verb Date: 1712 to steady or reinforce with a guy III. noun Etymology: Guy Fawkes Date: 1806 1. often capitalized a grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes traditionally displayed and burned in England on Guy Fawkes Day 2. chiefly British a person of grotesque appearance 3. a. man, fellow b. person — used in plural to refer to the members of a group regardless of sex <saw her and the rest of the guys> 4. individual, creature <the other dogs pale in companion to this little guy> IV. transitive verb Date: 1854 to make fun of ; ridicule

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 colloq. a man; a fellow. 2 (usu. in pl.) US a person of either sex. 3 Brit. an effigy of Guy Fawkes in ragged clothing, burnt on a bonfire on 5 Nov. 4 Brit. a grotesquely dressed person. --v.tr. 1 ridicule. 2 exhibit in effigy. Etymology: Guy Fawkes, conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 2. n. & v. --n. a rope or chain to secure a tent or steady a crane-load etc. --v.tr. secure with a guy or guys. Etymology: prob. of LG orig.: cf. LG & Du. gei brail etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Guy Guy, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Guy Guy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.] To steady or guide with a guy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Guy Guy, n. 1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. The lady . . . who dresses like a guy. --W. S. Gilbert. 2. A person of queer looks or dress. --Dickens.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(guys) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A guy is a man. (INFORMAL) I was working with a guy from Manchester. N-COUNT see also wise guy 2. Americans sometimes address a group of people, whether they are male or female, as guys or you guys. (INFORMAL) Hi, guys. How are you doing?... Mom wants to know if you guys still have that two-person tent. N-VOC; N-PLURAL: you N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Stay, shore. 2. Fright, dowdy, scarecrow.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	GUY
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASW
FAA District	NONE
State	OK
State	OKLAHOMA
County	TEXAS
County State	OK
City Name	GUYMON
Full Name	GUYMON MUNI
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"GUYMON, OK 73942"
Elevation	3123
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	WICHITA
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	W
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	028
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	008
Commercial Services	001000
General Aviation, Local Operations	010000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	010000
Military Aircraft Operations	000025
Latitude	36.6850719444
Longitude	-101.5077816667
State FIPS code	40
State Postal Code	OK
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	33
Version	09

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