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Definition of Guying
1. guy [v] - See also: guy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guying
Literary usage of Guying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transmission Line Construction, Methods and Costs by Ruben Alvin Lundquist (1912)
"CHAPTER X guying The character of the guying of a line as a rule reflects ...
guying is the general term used to cover that phase of transmission line work ..."
2. Telephone Lines and Their Properties by William John Hopkins (1894)
"It is now considered the best practice to set all poles perpendicularly and to
provide against any side strain by guying. GUYS. Hard drawn steel or silicon ..."
3. Telephone Construction, Methods and Cost by Clarence Mayer, John Clifford Slippy (1908)
"COST OF guying AND SETTING STUBS. ... COST OF guying AND SETTING SELF-SUSTAINING
STUBS Teaming and Labor in Hauling. 15 ft. ..."
4. Telephony: A Manual of the Design, Construction, and Operation of Telephone by Arthur Vaughan Abbott (1903)
"... METHODS OP guying. 35500 —— =355 cubic feet of earth are needed. Suppose the
timbers to be 10 ft. long and buried 6 ft. below the surface, ..."
5. Overhead Electric Power Transmission: Principles and Calculations by Alfred Still (1913)
"... even if this guying is only temporary; and in no case shall the wires be
allowed to slack back against the tie wire except where permanently secured to ..."
6. Petroleum Production Methods by John R. Suman (1921)
"Ordinary repairs, on removal, should consist merely of the renewal of the cants
and replacement of bolts damaged in handling. Methods of guying ..."
7. Telephone Cables: A Handbook of the Design, Construction and Maintenance of by John Clifford Slippy (1913)
"... Methods of guying:—The following methods of guying are in accordance with the
best modern practice. Head Guys to Adjacent Poles:—Head guys from the top ..."
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