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2. One who carries a flag. Johnson.
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3. One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.
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Guige (gĭj or gēj), n. [Obs.] See .
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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 , 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.
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2. A guildhall. [Obs.] Spenser.
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3. A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.
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Guildable (?), a. Liable to a tax. [Obs.]
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Guilder (?), n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. .] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.
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Guildhall (?), n. The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.
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Guile (?), n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See .] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
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Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47.
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To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.
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Guile, v. t. [OF. guiler. See , n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Guileful (?), a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guilefully, adv. -- Guilefulness, n.
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Guileless, a. Free from guile; artless. -- Guilelessly, adv. Guilelessness, n.
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Guiler (gīlẽr), n. [Cf. OF. guileor.] A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Guillemet (?), n. [F.] A quotation mark. [R.]
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Guillemot (?), 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.
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☞ 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 .
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Guillevat (-văt), n. [F. guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment) + E. vat.] A vat for fermenting liquors.
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Guilloche (?), n. [F. guillochis; -- said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Arch.) 1. An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.
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2. In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.
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Guilloched (?), a. Waved or engine-turned. Mollett.
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Guillotine (gĭll�tēn), n. [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.] 1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
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2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
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Guillotine (gĭll�tēn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.
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Guilt (gĭlt), 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 , 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.
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Satan had not answer, but stood struck
With guilt of his own sin. Milton.
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2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
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A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade. Kent.
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3. A feeling of regret or remorse for having committed some improper act; a recognition of one's own responsibility for doing something wrong. “Depression is often rooted in guilt which has not been dealt with in an appropriate way.” “Guilt is a natural and appropriate consequence to a wrong action.”
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Guiltily (gĭltĭl�), adv. In a guilty manner.
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Guiltiness, n. The quality or state of being guilty.
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Guiltless, a. 1. Free from guilt; innocent.
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The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex. xx. 7.
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2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
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Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude,
Guiltless of fire, had formed. Milton.

-- Guiltlessly, adv. -- Guiltlessness, n.
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guilt-ridden adj. mentally anguished due to feelings of guilt{3}.
Syn. -- guilt-sick.
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Guilt-sick (?), a. Made sick by consciousness of guilt. “A guilt-sick conscience.” Beau. & Fl.
Syn. -- guilt-ridden.
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Guilty (?), a. [Compar. Gultier (?); superl. Guiltiest.] [AS. gyltig liable. See .] 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; as, guilty of murder.
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They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Matt. xxvi. 66.
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Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife. Dryden.
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2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
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3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.
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Guiltylike (-lĭk), adv. Guiltily. [Obs.] Shak.
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Guimpe (?), n. [F. See 2d .] 1. A kind of short blouse or chemisette, worn under a low-necked dress such as a jumper or pinafore. [wns=2]
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2. a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit. [wns=1]
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Guinea (gĭn�), 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.
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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.
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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.
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Coloq. Guinea corn . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. -- Coloq. Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] Gay. -- Coloq. Guinea fowl , Coloq. Guinea hen (Zoöl.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (Numida 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 (Numida cristata) is a finer species. -- Coloq. Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See . -- Coloq. Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass (Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. -- Coloq. Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. -- Coloq. Guinea peach . See under . -- Coloq. Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum. -- Coloq. Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. -- Coloq. 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.
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Guinean adj. 1. of or pertaining to Guinea{1}; as, Guinean borders.
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2. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guinea{1}; as, Guinean soldiers.
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Guinean n. a native or inhabitant of Guinea{1}.
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Guinea pig [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] 1. (Zoöl.) A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia porcellus or Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black. Called also cavy. It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy, often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental animal in laboratory research.
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2. Hence, [figuratively]: Any animal or person used in an experiment; -- also applied to people who are unwillingly or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm.
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3. A contemptuous sobriquet. [Obs.] Smollett
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Guinea-pig director. A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance. [Colloq.]
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Guinness n. [Trade name.] a kind of bitter stout, also called Guiness' stout; as, a glass of Guinness.
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Guipure (?), n. [F.] A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.
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Guirland (gẽrl�nd), n. [Obs.] See .
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Guise (gīz), n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wīsa, G. weise. See , 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.
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The swain replied, “It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.” Pope.
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2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
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As then the guise was for each gentle swain. Spenser.
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A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination. Burke.
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3. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
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Guiser (gīzẽr), n. [From .] A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Guitar (?), n. [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. �; cf. L. cithara. Cf. , .] 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.
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guitarfish n. A primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray of the family Rhinobatidae with a guitar-shaped body.
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guitarist n. a musician who plays the guitar.
Syn. -- guitar player.
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Guitguit (?), n. [So called from its note.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Cœrebidæ, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See .
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Gula (?), n.; pl. L. GulÆ (#), 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.
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2. (Arch.) A capping molding. Same as .
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Gular (?), a. [Cf. F. gulaire.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of , and .
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Gulaund (?), n. [Icel. gul-önd.] An arctic sea bird.
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Gulch (?), n. 1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.]
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2. A glutton. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.
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Gulch, v. t. [OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. gölka to gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.] To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.]
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Guld (gŭld), n. A flower. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Gulden (?), n. See .
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Gule (?), v. t. To give the color of gules to.
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Gule (?), n. The throat; the gullet. [Obs.]
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Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.
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Gules (gūlz), 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 , and cf. .] (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.
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His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain
In which two swords he bore; his word,
“Divide and reign.” P. Fletcher.
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Follow thy drum;
With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. Shak.
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Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl.
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Gulf (gŭlf), n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. kolpos bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. kolfos.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
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He then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between. Milton.
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Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. Luke xvi. 26.
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2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak.
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A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. Tennyson.
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4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
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5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
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Coloq. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. -- Coloq. Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.
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gulfweed (gŭlfwēd), n. 1. A brown seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum) with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
Syn. -- sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum.
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Gulfy (gŭlf�), a. Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.
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Gulgul (?), n. [Hind. galgal.] A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.
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Gulist (?), n. [L. gulo.] A glutton. [Obs.]
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Gull (gŭl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulled (gŭld); 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.
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The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden.
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I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge.
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Gull, n. 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.
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2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.
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Gull, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zoöl.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
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☞ Among the best known American species are the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull (L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus.
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Coloq. Gull teaser (Zoöl.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.
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Gullage (?), n. Act of being gulled. [Obs.]
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Had you no quirk.
To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature? B. Jonson
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Guller (?), n. One who gulls; a deceiver.
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Gullery (?), n. An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. [R.] “A mere gullery.” Selden.
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Gullet (?), 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. , .] 1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
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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.
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