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guest-rope
ˈguest-rope, ˈguess-rope Also 7 gest-, ghest-rope. [The first element is of doubtful form and origin; it has been referred to guest n. (‘a rope to assist guests in coming on board’; but this suits sense 2 only) and to guess n. (cf. quot. 1862 s.v. guess-warp).] 1. A second rope, fastened to a boat i... Oxford English Dictionary
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gift-rope
† ˈgift-rope Naut. Obs. [The first element is prob. corrupt; perh. the word may be spurious, evolved by a misprint or misreading from gest-rope.] = guest-rope, guess-warp.1704 Harris Lex. Techn., Gift-rope is the Boat-Rope, which is fastened to the Boat when she is swifted, in order to her being tow... Oxford English Dictionary
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guess-rope
guess-rope see guest-rope. Oxford English Dictionary
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chest-rope
[chest-rope A misprint in some editions of Smith's Seaman's Grammar, and thence in Dictionaries for ghest-rope, guest-rope, q.v.] Oxford English Dictionary
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guess-warp
guess-warp Naut. (ˈgɛswɔːp) Also 5 gyes-, 9 ges-, guest-warp. [The first element is of doubtful origin: see quot. 1862 (sense 1) and guest-rope guess-rope); the second is warp n.] 1. ‘A rope carried to a distant object, in order to warp a vessel towards it, or to make fast a boat’ (Smyth Sailor's Wo... Oxford English Dictionary
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guest
▪ I. guest, n. (gɛst) Forms: 1 ᵹiest, ᵹist, ᵹyst, ᵹæst, ᵹest, 2–5 gist(e, 2–6 gest(e, 3–4 gust(e, 4–7 ghest(e, 5–6 geest, (6 geast(e, gehaste), 6 gueste, 6–7 ghuest, (7 Sc. guast), 6– guest. Also pl. 6 gess, 6–7 gesse, guess, 7 guesse. [Com. Teut.: OE. ᵹiest (ᵹist, ᵹyst), ᵹæst, Anglian (also in ælfr... Oxford English Dictionary
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