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OP 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
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted note to self: davit tsuwm 08/05/05 05:11 PM Re: note to self: davit Jackie 08/05/05 06:22 PM Re: note to self: davit tsuwm 08/05/05 10:58 PM Re: note to self: davit Jackie 08/06/05 02:30 AM Re: note to self: davit inselpeter 08/05/05 11:17 PM Re: note to self: davit Father Steve 08/06/05 08:59 PM
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