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guest-rope (iou) and malengine (medicine)


guest-rope (iou)



guest-rope noun. Also guess-rope. E17.
[The first elem. may be a var. of guess- in GUESS-WARP, to which guest-rope may be a later parallel formation.]
A second rope, fastened to a boat in tow, to keep it steady. E17.
A stout rope slung outside a vessel fore and aft (formerly also fastened to the end of a boom) to give a hold for boats coming alongside. L18.

malengine (medicine)


malengine
Evil machination; guile; deceit.

Origin: OF. Malengin; L. Malus bad, evil + ingenium natural capacity. See Engine.

Source: Websters Dictionary