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Guardian (gärdĭ�n or gärdy�n; 106), a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.
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Coloq. Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. -- Coloq. Guardian angel . (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. O. W. Holmes. -- Coloq. Guardian spirit , in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.
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Guardianage (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]
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Guardiance (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]
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Guardianess (?), n. A female guardian.
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I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
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Guardianless, a. Without a guardian. Marston.
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Guardianship, n. The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
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Guardless (?), a. Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman.
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guardrail n. a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety.
Syn. -- safety rail.
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Guardroom (?), n. (Mil.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.
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Guards (gärdz), n. pl. A body of picked troops; as, “The Household Guards.”
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Guardship, n. Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.
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Guardsman (?), n.; pl. Guardsmen (�). 1. One who guards; a guard.
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2. A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.
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Guarish (?), v. t. [OF. guarir, garir, F. guérir.] To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Guatemala grass (?). (Bot.) See .
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Guatemalan adj. 1. of or pertaining to Guatemala; as, Guatemalan coffee.
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2. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guatemala; as, Guatemalan rebels.
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Guatemalan n. a native or inhabitant of Guatemala.
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Guava (?), n. [Sp. guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.] A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.
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Gubernance (?), n. Government. [Obs.]
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Gubernate (?), v. t. [L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See .] To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Gubernation (?), n. [L. gubernatio.] The act of governing; government [Obs.] I. Watts.
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Gubernative (?), a. Governing. [Obs.]
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Gubernatorial (?), a. [L. gubernator governor. See .] Pertaining to a governor, or to government.
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guck n. 1. any thick messy substance.
Syn. -- goo, gook, gunk, muck, ooze, sludge, slime.
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Gudgeon (gŭjŭn), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbios Cf. . ] 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.
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2. What may be got without skill or merit.
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Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. Shak.
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3. A person easily duped or cheated. Swift.
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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.
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6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.
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Coloq. Ball gudgeon . See under .
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Gudgeon, v. t. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.]
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To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you. Sir IV. Scott.
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Gue (?), n. A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.

Gueber Guebre (?), n. Same as .
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Guelderrose' (?), n. [Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.] (Bot.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree.

{ Guelph, Guelf } (gwĕlf), n. [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] (Hist.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.

{ Guelphic, Guelfic } (?), a. Of or pertaining to the family or the faction of the Guelphs.
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Guenon (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly classified as Cercocebus), such as as the green monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus) and grivet (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis).
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Gueparde (?), n. [Cf. F. guépard.] (Zoöl.) The cheetah.
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Guerdon (?), n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. ), fr. OHG. widarlōn; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + lōn reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. leán Goth. laun. See .] A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay.
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So young as to regard men's frown or smile
As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron.
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He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles.
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Guerdon (?), v. t. [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See , n.] To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]
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Him we gave a costly bribe
To guerdon silence. Tennyson.
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Guerdonable (?), a. [Cf. OF. guerredonable.] Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
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Guerdonless, a. Without reward or guerdon.
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Guereza (?), n. (Zoöl.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.
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gueridon n. a small round table.
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Guerilla (?), a. See .
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Guerite (?), n. [F. guérite.] (Fort.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.
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Guernsey lily (?). (Bot.) A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.
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Guerrilla (?), n. [Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish, dim. of guerra war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See .] 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.
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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.
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☞ 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.
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Guerrilla, a. Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.
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Guess (gĕs), 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 .] 1. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
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First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess. Pope.
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2. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
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We may then guess how far it was from his design. Milton.
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Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress,
To be Taxallan enemies I guess. Dryden.
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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.
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4. To hit upon or reproduce by memory. [Obs.]
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Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them. Shak.
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5. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
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Not all together; better far, I guess,
That we do make our entrance several ways. Shak.
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But in known images of life I guess
The labor greater. Pope.

Syn. -- To conjecture; suppose; surmise; suspect; divine; think; imagine; fancy. -- , , . 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.
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Guess, v. i. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
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This is the place, as well as I may guess. Milton.
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Guess, n. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
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A poet must confess
His art 's like physic -- but a happy guess. Dryden.
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Guessable (?), a. Capable of being guessed.
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Guesser (?), n. One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.
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Guessingly, adv. By way of conjecture. Shak.
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Guessive (?), a. Conjectural. [Obs.] Feltham.
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Guess rope (?). (Naut.) A guess warp.
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guesstimate n. [from guess and estimate] an estimate based on little information, being little better than a guess.
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Guess warp (?). (Naut.) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
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Guesswork (?), n. Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
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Guest (gĕst), n. [OE. gest, AS. gæst, 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. an army, .] 1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.
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To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night. Spenser.
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True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. Pope.
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2. A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or boarding house.
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3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite. (b) An inquiline.
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Guest (?), v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] Sylvester.
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Guest, v. i. To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.]
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And tell me, best of princes, who he was
That guested here so late. Chapman.
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Guest rope (?). (Naut.) The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Guestwise (?), adv. In the manner of a guest.
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Guevi (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygmæa); -- called also pygmy antelope.
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Guevina n. 1. A genus having only one species: the Chilean nut.
Syn. -- genus Guevina.
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guff n. 1. A ludicrously false statment. [wns=1]
Syn. -- bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, rot, hogwash, dogshit.
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2. Insolent or disrespectful talk; as, don't give me any of your guff, young lady.
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Guffaw (�), n. A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh. “A hearty low guffaw.” Carlyle.
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Guffer (?), n. (Zoöl.) The eelpout; guffer eel.
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Guggle (?), v. i. See .
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Guhr (?), n. [G.] A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher. P. Cleaveland.
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Guiac (?), n. Same as .
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Guiacol (?), n. [Guiac + -ol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C6H4.OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, and produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.
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Guiacum (?), n. Same as .
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Guib (?), n. (Zoöl.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba.
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Guicowar (?), n. [Mahratta gāekwār, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.
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Guidable (?), a. Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled. Sprat.
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Guidage (?), n. [See Guide.] 1. The reward given to a guide for services. [R.] Ainsworth.
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2. Guidance; lead; direction. [R.] Southey.
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Guidance (?), n. [See .] The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.
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His studies were without guidance and without plan. Macaulay.
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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. , a rope, ]
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1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.
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I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court. Shak.
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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.
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He will guide his affairs with discretion. Ps. cxii. 5.
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The meek will he guide in judgment. Ps. xxv. 9.
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Guide, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See , 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.
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2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator.
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He will be our guide, even unto death. Ps. xlviii. 14.
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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.
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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.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. -- Coloq. Guide meridian . (Surveying) See under . -- Coloq. Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. -- Coloq. Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. Knight. -- Coloq. 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.
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Guideboard (?), n. A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road. Lowell.
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Guidebook (?), n. A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.
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Guideless, a. Without a guide. Dryden.
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guideline n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier. a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; -- used as a direction to administrators from superiors.
Syn. -- guidelines.
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guidelines n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier. a rule or set of rules giving guidance on how to behave in a situation. a situation to which the guidelines are considered applicable is described as falling within the guidelines
Syn. -- guideline, guidepost, rule of thumb.
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Guidepost (?), n. A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.
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Guider (?), n. A guide; a director. Shak.
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Guideress (?), n. A female guide. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Guide rope. (Aëronautics) A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its length, used to preserve altitude automatically, by variation of the length dragging on the ground, without loss of ballast or gas.
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Guidguid (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; -- called also barking bird.
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Guidon (?), n. [F. guidon, It. guidone. See , 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.
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The pendants and guidons were carried by the officer of the army. Evelyn.
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