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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread note to self: davit #146049 08/05/2005 5:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass for some inexplicable reason I have a block against remembering this word for a shipboard (or dockside?) crane. the etymology is not helpful: Middle English daviot, from Norman French daviot, diminutive of Davi, David. David <> crane ?? edit: it occurs to me that a similar word, derrick, might prove to be interesting... obs. derrick hangman, gallows, fr. Derick, name of 17th cent. Eng. hangman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: note to self: davit #146050 08/05/2005 6:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky A derrick was named after a hangman? Yow. David, which can be spelled Davet in French, means beloved. What that might have to do with a shipboard crane, I do not know. Maybe a Davet Somebody or a Somebody Davet invented them? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: note to self: davit #146051 08/05/2005 10:58 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Dr. Bill points out that there are many types of davits: shipboard, waterfront, dockside - the bent posts that support the lifeboats and liferafts are also called davits. here some pictures of some more: http://www.davitmaster.com/default.asp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: note to self: davit #146052 08/05/2005 11:17 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City >>David<>Crane? After looking at your pics of Davets, I wonder if it's because -- from the angle and extension -- some of them look like erect penises. *Edit* That is, from David = beloved. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: note to self: davit #146053 08/06/2005 2:30 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky the bent posts that support the lifeboats and liferafts are also called davits. That's what I'd been thinking! 'Splains why I was a bit cornfused by cranes... All you Davids out there (you know who you are!): you are indeed beloved to me. It has also always been one of my favorite guys' names. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: note to self: davit #146054 08/06/2005 8:59 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA What they looked like when I was in Uncle Sam's Navy. http://www.m-i-link.com/dictionary/default.asp?term=davit Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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