GUY

A rope used to swing any weight, or to keep steady any heavy body and prevent it from swinging while being hoisted or lowered. GYMNASIARCH. {Gr.yv,j.vcta-ii>t^^»;.) An A then i an officer who had the charge of providing the oil and other nece aries for the gymnasia. This was one of the offices called >.UTovpyioe.i at Athens, the expenses of which were defrayed from the private pocket of the individual on whom they devolved, and who received no salary from the state. [s. 549]