Guaiac
Gua´iac, a. [See Guaiacum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. — n. Guaiacum.
Guanaco
Gua•na´co (gwa•nä"ko), n. ; pl. Guanacos (- koz). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. Huanaco.] (Zoöl.) A South American mammal ( Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. [Written also huanaco.]
Guaniferous
Gua•nif´er•ous, a. [ Guano + -ferous.] Yielding guano. Ure.
Guara
Gua´ra, n. [Braz. guará.] (Zoöl.) (a) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. (b) A large-maned wild dog of South America ( Canis jubatus) - - named from its cry.
Guaranine
Gua´ra•nine, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.
Guarantee
Guar•an•tee´, n. ; pl. Guarantees (#). [For guaranty, prob. influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantee.]
1. In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.
"His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal." Macaulay.
2. One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor. South. Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.
3. (Law) The person to whom a guaranty is made; — the correlative of guarantor.
Syn. — Guarantee, Warranty. A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the engagement.
Guarantee
Guar´an•tee, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. guaranteed p, pr. & vb. n. Guaranteeing.] [From Guarantee, n. ] In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as to guarantee the execution of a treaty.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government." Constitution of the U. S.
Guarantor
Guar´an•tor, n. [See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantor.] (Law) (a) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety. (b) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.
Guaranty
Guar´an•ty, n. ; pl. Guaranies (#). [OF. guarantie, garantie, F. garantie, OF. guarantir, garantir, to warrant, to guaranty, E. garantir, fr. OF. guarant, garant, a warranter, F. garant; of German origin, and from the same word as warranty. See Warrant, and cf. Warranty, Guarantee.] In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.
Guaranty
Guar´an•ty, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guarantied p. pr. & vb. n. Guarantying.] [From Guaranty, n. ] In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t. Guaranty agrees in form with warranty. Both guaranty and guarantee are well authorized by legal writers in the United States. The prevailing spelling, at least for the verb, is guarantee.
Guard, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. &, vb. n. Gurding.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wartn to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. & n., and cf. Guard, n. ]
1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.
"For Heaven still guards the right." Shak.
2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
"The body of your discourse it sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither." Shak.
4. To fasten by binding; to gird. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Syn. — To defend, protect, shield; keep; watch.
Guard, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, marto, one who watches, mata a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See Guard, v. t.]
1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
"His greatness was no guard to bar heaven’s shaft." Shak.
2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
"The guard which kept the door of the king’s house." Kings xiv. 27.
3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor. [Eng.]
4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as: (a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. (b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. (c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one’s person or dress. (d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. (e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision. (f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. (g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.
5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
6. An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
"They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I." Atterbury.
7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as to keep guard.
8. (Zoöl.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard duty. Advanced guard, Coast guard, etc. See under Advanced, Coast, etc. — Grand guard (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line belonging to a system of advance posts of an army. Mahan. — Guard boat. (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good lookout. (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the observance of quarantine regulations. — Guard cells (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll. — Guard chamber, a guardroom. — Guard detail (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc., detailed for guard duty. - - Guard duty (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc., performed by a sentinel or sentinels. — Guard lock (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or basin. — Guard of honor (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to accompany eminent persons. — Guard rail (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard against derailment. — Guard ship, a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships. — Life guard (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the person of a prince or high officer. — Off one’s guard, in a careless state; inattentive; unsuspicious of danger. — On guard, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as a guard or sentinel; watching. — On one’s guard, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant. — To mount guard (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or sentinel. — To run the guard, to pass the watch or sentinel without leave.
Syn. — Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort; care; attention; watch; heed.
Guardable
Guard´a•ble, a. [Cf. F. gardable. See Guard, v. t.] Capable of being guarded or protected.
Guardage
Guard´age, n. [Cf. OF. wardage. See Guard, v. t.] Wardship [Obs.] Shak.
Guardant
Guard´ant, a. [OF. guardant, p. pr. of guard. See Guard, v. t.]
1. Acting as guardian. [Obs.] Shak.
2. (Her.) Same as Gardant.
Guardenage
Guard´en•age, n. Guardianship. [Obs. & R.] " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.
Guardful
Guard´ful, a. Cautious; wary; watchful. [Obs. or Poetic.] — Guard´ful•ly, adv.
Guardian
Guard´i•an, n. [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.]
1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.
2. (Law) One who has or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.
"Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. — viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child." Blackstone. Guardian ad litem (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit. — Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.
Guardianless
Guard´i•an•less, a. Without a guardian. Marston.
Guardianship
Guard´i•an•ship, n. The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
Guardless
Guard´less, a. Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman.
Guards (gärdz), n. pl. A body of picked troops; as "The Household Guards. "
Guarish
Guar´ish, v. t. [OF. guarir, garir, F. guerir.] To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.
Gubernate
Gu´ber•nate, v. t. [L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See Govern.] To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Gubernation
Gu´ber•na•tion, n. [L. gubernatio.] The act of governing; government [Obs.] I. Watts.
Gubernatorial
Gu´ber•na•to•ri•al, a. [L. gubernator governor. See Gabernate.] Pertaining to a governor, or to government.
Gudgeon
Gud´geon (guj"un), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio•s Cf. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zoöl.) A small European freshwater fish ( Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
2. What may be got without skill or merit.
"Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion." Shak.
3. A person easily duped or cheated. Swift.
4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
Gueparde
Gue•parde´, n. [Cf. F. guepard.] (Zoöl.) The cheetah.
Guerdon
Guer´don, n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarlon; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + lon reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. leán Goth. laun. See Withers.] A reward; requital; recompense; — used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay.
"So young as to regard men’s frown or smile
As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot." Byron.
"He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies." Knolles.
Guerdon
Guer´don, v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n. ] To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]
"Him we gave a costly bribe
To guerdon silence." Tennyson.
Guerdonable
Guer´don•a•ble, a. [Cf. OF. guerredonable.] Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
Guerrilla
Guer•ril´la, n. [Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish, dim. of guerra war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See War.]
1. An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war.
2. One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time. The term guerrilla is the diminutive of the Spanish word guerra, war, and means petty war, that is, war carried on by detached parties; generally in the mountains… . A guerrilla party means, an irregular band of armed men, carrying on an irregular war, not being able, according to their character as a guerrilla party, to carry on what the law terms a regular war. F. Lieder.
Guess (ges), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guessed p. pr. & vb. n. Guessing.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and akin to E. get. See Get.]
1. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
"First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess." Pope.
2. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
"We may then guess how far it was from his design." Milton.
"Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress,
To be Taxallan enemies I guess." Dryden.
3. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
4. To hit upon or reproduce by memory. [Obs.]
"Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them." Shak.
5. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; — followed by an objective clause.
"Not all together; better far, I guess,
That we do make our entrance several ways." Shak.
"But in known images of life I guess
The labor greater." Pope.
Syn. — To conjecture; suppose; surmise; suspect; divine; think; imagine; fancy. — To Guess, Think, Reckon. Guess denotes, to attempt to hit upon at random; as to guess at a thing when blindfolded; to conjecture or form an opinion on hidden or very slight grounds: as to guess a riddle; to guess out the meaning of an obscure passage. The use of the word guess for think or believe, although abundantly sanctioned by good English authors, is now regarded as antiquated and objectionable by discriminating writers. It may properly be branded as a colloguialism and vulgarism when used respecting a purpose or a thing about which there is no uncertainty; as I guess I ’ll go to bed.
Guesser
Guess´er, n. One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.
Guesswork
Guess´work, n. Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
Guest (gest), n. [OE. gest, AS. gaest, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. gäst, Dan. Gjäst, Goth. gasts, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the root is unknown. Cf. Host an army, Hostile.]
1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one’s house or at one’s table; a visitor entertained without pay.
"To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night." Spenser.
"True friendship’s laws are by this rule exprest.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest." Pope.
Guest, v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] Sylvester.
Guffaw
Guf•faw´, n. A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh. "A hearty low guffaw." Carlyle.
Guidable
Guid´a•ble, a. Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled. Sprat.
Guidance
Guid´ance, n. [See Guide.] The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.
" His studies were without guidance and without plan." Macaulay.
Guide, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guided; p. pr. & vb. n. Guiding.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way. Cf. Wit, Guy a rope, Gye.]
1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as to guide a traveler.
"I wish … you ’ld guide me to your sovereign’s court." Shak.
2. To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.
"He will guide his affairs with discretion." Ps. cxii. 5.
"The meek will he guide in judgment." Ps. xxv. 9.
Guide, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See Guide, v. t.]
1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also that which guides; a guidebook.
2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator.
"He will be our guide, even unto death." Ps. xlviii. 14.
3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as: (a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets. (b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife. (c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the compositor’s eye to the line of copy he is setting.
4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. Farrow. Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; — called also guide, and slide bar. — Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. — Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian. — Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. — Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. Knight. — Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.
Guidebook
Guide´book, n. A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.
Guidepost
Guide´post, n. A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.
Guidon
Gui´don, n. [F. guidon, It. guidone. See Guide, v. t.]
1. A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon.
"The pendants and guidons were carried by the officer of the army." Evelyn.
2. One who carries a flag. Johnson.
3. One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.
Guild, n. [OE. gilds, AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, a society or company where payment was made for its charge and support, fr. AS. gildan, gieldan, to pay. See Yield, v. t.]
1. An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as the Stationers’ Guild; the Ironmongers’ Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.
2. A guildhall. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.
Guilder
Guil´der, n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. Golden.] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; — called also florin and gulden.
Guildhall
Guild´hall, n. The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.
Guile, n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
"Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile." John i. 47.
"To wage by force or guile eternal war." Milton.
Guile, v. t. [OF. guiler. See Guile, n. ] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser.
Guileless
Guile´less, a. Free from guile; artless. — Guile´less•ly, adv. Guile´less•ness, n.
Guillemot
Guil´le•mot, n. [F.] (Zoöl.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (as U. troile); the black or foolish guillemot ( Cepphus grylle, formerly Uria grylle), is called also sea pigeon and eligny. See Murre.
Guilloche
Guil•loche´, n. In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.
Guillotine
Guil´lo•tine (gil•lo•ten"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guillotined p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.
Guilt (gilt), n. [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS. gieldan to pay, E. yield. See Yield, v. t.]
1. The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.
"Satan had not answer, but stood struck
With guilt of his own sin." Milton.
2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
"A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade." Kent.
Guiltiness
Guilt´i•ness, n. The quality or state of being guilty.
Guilty
Guilt´y, a. [ Compar. Gultier superl. Guiltiest.] [AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.]
1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; — used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.
"They answered and said, He is guilty of death." Matt. xxvi. 66.
"Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife." Dryden.
2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.
Guimpe, n. [F. See 2d Gimp.] A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress.
Guinea
Guin´ea (gin"e), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
2. A gold coin of England current for twenty- one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.
"The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings." Pinkerton. Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra. — Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. — Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] Gay. — Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zoöl.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species ( N. meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl ( N. cristata) is a finer species. — Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum. — Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ( Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. — Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ( Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. — Guinea peach. See under Peach. — Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceae, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper AEthiopicum. —Guinea pig. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zoöl.) A small Brazilian rodent ( Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. (b) A contemptuous sobriquet. Smollett — Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneae, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. — Guinea worm (Zoöl.), a long and slender African nematoid worm ( Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.
Guise, n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wisa, G. weise. See Wise, n. ]
1. Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; — often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. Chaucer.
"The swain replied, "It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise."" Pope.
2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
"As then the guise was for each gentle swain." Spenser.
"A … specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination." Burke.
3. Cover; cloak; as under the guise of patriotism.
Guiser
Guis´er, n. [From Guise.] A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Guitar
Gui•tar´, n. [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg. guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ; cf. L. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.] A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, — played upon with the fingers.
Guitguit
Guit´guit, n. [So called from its note.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Cœrebidae, allied to the creepers; — called also quit. See Quit.
Gula
Gu´la, n. ; pl. L. GulAE (#), E. Gulas (#). [L., the throat, gullet.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat. (b) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
2. (Arch.) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.
Gular
Gu´lar, a. [Cf. F. gulaire.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the gula or throat; as gular plates. See Illust. of Bird, and Bowfin.
Guld (guld), n. A flower. See Gold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gule, v. t. To give the color of gules to.
Gule, n. The throat; the gullet. [Obs.]
"Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous." Gauden.
Gules (gulz), n. [OE. goules, F. gueules, the same word as gueule throat, OF. gole, goule, L. gula. So named from the red color of the throat. See Gullet, and cf. Gula.] (Her.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.
"His sev’n-fold targe a field of gules did stain
In which two swords he bore; his word,
"Divide and reign."" P. Fletcher.
"Follow thy drum;
With man’s blood paint the ground; gules, gules." Shak.
"Let’s march to rest and set in gules, like suns." Beau. & Fl.
Gull, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gulled p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling.] [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.] To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
"The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed." Dryden.
"I’m not gulling him for the emperor’s service." Coleridge.
Gull, n.
1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.
2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.
Gullet
Gul´let, n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully.]
1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as: (a) A channel for water. (b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
Gulleting
Gul´let•ing, n. (Engin.) A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels.
Gullible
Gul´li•ble, a. Easily gulled; that may be duped. — Gul´li•bii•i•ty (#), n. Burke.
Gullish
Gull´ish, a. Foolish; stupid. [Obs.] Gull´ish•ness, n. [Obs.]
Gully
Gul´ly, n. ; pl. Gulles (#). [ Etymol. uncertain] A large knife. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Gully
Gul´ly, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gullied (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Gullying.] To wear into a gully or into gullies.
Gulosity
Gu•los´i•ty, n. [L. gulositas, fr. gulosus gluttonous. See Gullet.] Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Gulp, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gulped p. pr. & vb. n. Gulping.] [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.] To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.
"He does not swallow, but he gulps it down." Cowper.
"The old man … glibly gulped down the whole narrative." Fielding. To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.
Gult, n. Guilt. See Guilt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Guly
Gul´y, a. Of or pertaining to gules; red. "Those fatal guly dragons." Milton.
Gum, v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
Gum, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr., prob. from an Egyptian form kam; cf. It. gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. also with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.]
4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under Black, Blue, etc. — Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ( Xanlhorrhœa). — Gum animal (Zoöl.), the galago of West Africa; — so called because it feeds on gums. See Galago. — Gum animi or anime. See Anime. - - Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; — called also gum acacia. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. — Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants Butea frondosa and B. superba, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. — Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ( Cistus ladaniferus), a species of rock rose. — Gum dragon. See Tragacanth. — Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc. — Gum elemi. See Elemi. — Gum juniper. See Sandarac. — Gum kino. See under Kino. — Gum lac. See Lac. — Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. — Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ( Amygdalaceae, Cactaceae, etc.), and affording passage for gum. — Gum pot, a varnish maker’s utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. — Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. — Gum sandarac. See Sandarac. — Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ( Acacia Verek and A. Adansoniä) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. — Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth. — Gum tree, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ( Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus. See Eucalpytus. (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ( Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. — Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. — Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
Gum, v. t. [ imp. &. p. Gummed p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.] To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.
"He frets like a gummed velvet." Shak.
Gumboil
Gum´boil, n. (Med.) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
Gumma
Gum´ma, n. ; pl. Gummata (#). [NL. So called from its gummy contents See Gum.] (Med.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
Gummatous
Gum•ma´tous, a. (Med.) Belonging to, or resembling, gumma.
Gummer
Gum´mer, n. [From 2d Gum.] A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
Gummiferous
Gum•mif´er•ous, a. [L. gummi gum + -ferous.] Producing gum; gum- bearing.
Gumminess
Gum´mi•ness, n. The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
Gummosity
Gum•mos´i•ty, n. Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.] Floyer.
Gummy
Gum´my, a. [Compar. Gummer ; superl. Gummirst.] Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
"Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine." Milton.
"Then rubs his gummy eyes." Dryden. Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.
Gump (gump), n. [Cf. Sw. & Dan. gump buttocks, rump, Icel. gumpr.] A dolt; a dunce. [Low.] Holloway.
Gun (gun), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.
"As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne." Chaucer.
"The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out." Selden.
2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind. Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore, breech- loading or muzzle-loading, cast or built-up guns; or according to their use, as field, mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns. Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. — Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a person superior in any way. — Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun. — Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. — Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest ( pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety ( pyroxylin) for making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric acid. — Gun deck. See under Deck. — Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. — Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. — Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a cannon’s muzzle is run out for firing. — Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. - - Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. Totten. — Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. — Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, Gardner gun, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are machine guns. — To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n. , 3.
Gunboat
Gun´boat, n. (Nav.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.
Gundelet
Gun´de•let, n. [Obs.] See Gondola. Marston.
Gunlock
Gun´lock, n. The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.
Gunnage
Gun´nage, n. The number of guns carried by a ship of war.
Gunnel
Gun´nel, n. [See Gunwale.]
1. A gunwale.
2. (Zoöl.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; — called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
Gunner
Gun´ner, n.
1. One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
2. A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon. (b) The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish] Gunner’s daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor’s slang] W. C. Russell.
Gunnie
Gun´nie, n. (Mining.) Space left by the removal of ore.
Gunreach
Gun´reach, n. The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
Gunshot
Gun´shot, a. Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
Gunstick
Gun´stick, n. A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod. [R.]
Gunstock
Gun´stock, n. The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.
Gunstome
Gun´stome, n. A cannon ball; — so called because originally made of stone. [Obs.] Shak.
Gunter’s chain
Gun"ter’s chain (Surveying) The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n. , 4, and Gunter’s scale.
Gunter’s quadrant
Gun"ter’s quad•rant A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun’s azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter’s scale.
Gurge, v. t. [See Gorge.] To swallow up. [Obs.]
Gurgle
Gur´gle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gurgled p. pr. & vb. n. Gurgling ] [Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio gullet. Cf. Gargle, Gorge.] To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.
"Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace,
And waste their music on the savage race." Young.
Gurgle
Gur´gle, n. The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles." W. Thompson.
Gurglet
Gur´glet, n. [See Goglet.] A porous earthen jar for cooling water by evaporation.
Gurl, n. A young person of either sex. [Obs.] See Girl. Chaucer.
Gurlet
Gur´let, n. (Masonry) A pickax with one sharp point and one cutting edge. Knight.
Gurmy
Gur´my, n. (Mining) A level; a working. { Gur´nard, Gur´net } n. [OF. gornal, gournal, gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead gurnard.] (Zoöl.) One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also gournet.] Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.
Gurry
Gur´ry, n. An alvine evacuation; also refuse matter. [Obs. or Local] Holland.
Gurts (gûrts), n. pl. [Cf. Grout.] Groats. [Obs.]
Gush (gush), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gushed (gusht); p. pr. & vb. n. Gushing.] [OE. guschen, cf. Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D. gucsen; perh. akin to AS. geótan to pour, G. giessen, Goth. giutan, E. gut. Cf. Found to cast.]
1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.
"He smote the rock that the waters gushed out." Ps ixxviii 20.
"A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound." Spenser.
2. To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner. [Colloq.]
Gust (g&uc;st), n. [Icel. gust. a cool breeze. Cf. Gush.]
1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind.
"Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw." Milton.
2. A sudden violent burst of passion. Bacon.
Gust, v. t. [Cf. L. gustare, It. gustare, Sp. gustar. See GUST a relish.] To taste; to have a relish for. [Obs.]
Gustable
Gust´a•ble, a. [See Gust, v. ] [Obs.]
1. Capable of being tasted; tastable.
"This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall
bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter." Harvey.
2. Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.
"A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth." Derham.
Gustation
Gus•ta´tion, n. [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.] The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Gustful
Gust´ful, a. Tasteful; well- tasted. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby. — Gust´ful•ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.
Gustful
Gust´ful, a. Gusty. [R.]
"A gustful April morn." Tennyson.
Gusto
Gus´to, n. [It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose. Cf. 2d GUST, GOUR.] Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. Dryden.
Gustoso
Gus•to´so, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.
Gut, n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast.]
1. A narrow passage of water; as the Gut of Canso.
2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; ( pl. ) bowels; entrails.
3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. Blind gut. See CAEcum, n. (b).
Gut, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gutted p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting.]
1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as a mob gutted the house.
"Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper
name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased." Addison.
Guttate
Gut´tate, a. [L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty.] Spotted, as if discolored by drops.
Guttated
Gut´ta•ted, a. [See Guttate.] Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.
Gutter
Gut•ter, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guttered (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Guttering.]
1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak.
2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] Dryden.
Gutter
Gut´ter, v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
Guttiform
Gut´ti•form, a. [L. gutta a drop + -form.] Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.
Guttle
Gut´tle, v. t. & i. [From GUT, n. ] To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L’Estrange. Dryden.
Gutturalize
Gut´tur•al•ize, v. t. To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.
Gutturalness
Gut´tur•al•ness, n. The quality of being guttural.
Gutty
Gut´ty, a. [L. gutta drop: cf. F. goutte. Cf. Guttated.] (Her.) Charged or sprinkled with drops.
Gutwort
Gut´wort, n. (Bot.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.
Guy, n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.] A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
Guy, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guyed p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.] To steady or guide with a guy.
Guy, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.]
Guze (guz), n. [Cf. Gules.] (Her.) A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.
Guzzle
Guz´zle (gu"z’l), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Guzzled (-z’ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Guzzling (-zling).] [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F. gosier throat; cf. It. gozzo a bird’s crop.] To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
"Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar." Milton.
"Well-seasoned bowls the gossip’s spirits raise,
Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor’s praise." Roscommon.
"To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey." Gay.