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3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

Where law faileth, error groweth.

Gower.

4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

For his mind Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.

Byron.

5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.

Shak.

Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. -- Grown over, covered with a growth. -- To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.

These wars have grown out of commercial considerations.

A. Hamilton.

-- To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. -- To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.

Syn. -- To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand; extend.

Grow (?), v. t. To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To raise; to cultivate. See Raise, v. t., 3.

Grow"a*ble (?), a. Capable of growth.

Grow"an (?), n. [Cf. Arm. grouan gravel, Corn. grow gravel, sand.] (Mining.) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Grow"er (?), n. One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.

Growl (groul), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Growled (grould); p. pr. & vb. n. Growling.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen to be angry.] To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.

Growl, v. t. To express by growling. Thomson.

Growl, n. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.

Growl"er (?), n. 1. One who growls.

2. (Zoˆl.) The large-mouthed black bass. [Local]

3. A four-wheeled cab. [Slang, Eng.]

Growl"ing*ly, adv. In a growling manner.

Grown (?), p. p. of Grow.

Growse (?), v. i. [Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver.] To shiver; to have chills. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.

Growth (grth), n. [Icel. grr, gri. See Grow.] 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Shak.

2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.

Nature multiplies her fertile growth.

Milton.

Growt"head` (?), n. [Lit., greathead.] A lazy person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Tusser.

Growth"ful (?), a. Having capacity of growth. [R.] J. Hamilton.

Groyne (?), n. [Obs.] See Groin.

Gro"zing i"ron (?). 1. A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.

2. (Plumbing) A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe. Knight.

Grub (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing (&?;).] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.] 1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

2. To drudge; to do menial work. Richardson.

Grub, v. t. 1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.

They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.

Hare.

2. To supply with food. [Slang] Dickens.

Grub, n. 1. (Zoˆl.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

Yet your butterfly was a grub.

Shak.

2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] Carew.

3. Victuals; food. [Slang] Halliwell.

Grub ax or axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc. -- Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below). -- Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing. -- Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc. -- Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble. -- Grub Street, a street in London (now called Milton Street), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet." As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street.

I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.

Gap.

Grub"ber, n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.

Grub"ble (?), v. t. & i. [Freq. of grub, but cf. grabble.] To feel or grope in the dark. [Obs.] Dryden.

Grub"by, a. [From Grub.] Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.]

The grubby game of marbles.

Lond. Sat. Rev.

Grub"by, n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]

Grub"worm (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Grub, n., 1.

And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view.

C. Smart.

Grucche (grch), v. i. [See Grudge.] To murmur; to grumble. [Obs.]

What aileth you, thus for grucche and groan.

Chaucer.

Grudge (grj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grudger (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.] [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.] 1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.

Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train.

Shak.

I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us
our employments.

Swift.

They have grudged us contribution.

Shak.

2. To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.]

Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty !

Shak.

Grudge (grj), v. i. 1. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Grudge not one against another.

James v. 9.

He eats his meat without grudging.

Shak.

2. To feel compunction or grief. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

Grudge, n. 1. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother
Jacob.

South.

The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge.

I. Taylor.

2. Slight symptom of disease. [Obs.]

Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the
grudges of more dreaded calamities.

Milton.

Syn. -- Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique.

Grudge"ful (?), a. Full of grudge; envious. "Grudgeful discontent." Spenser.

Grud"geons (?), Gur"geons (&?;), n. pl. [Prob. from P. grugir to craunch; cf. D. gruizen to crush, grind, and E. grout.] Coarse meal. [Obs.]

Grudg"er (grj"r), n. One who grudges.

Grudg"ing*ly, adv. In a grudging manner.

Grudg"ing*ness, n. The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

Gru"el (?), n. [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. gr¸tze, As. grt. See Grout.] A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.

Gru"el*ly, a. Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

Grue"some (?), a. Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]

Gruf (?), adv. [Cf. Grovel.] Forwards; with one's face to the ground. [Obs.]

They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously.

Chaucer.

Gruff (?), a. [Compar. Gruffer (&?;); superl. Gruffest.] [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rcÛfan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge- , Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. Addison.

Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks.

Thackeray.

-- Gruff"ly, adv. -- Gruff"ness, n.

Gru"gru palm" (?). (Bot.) A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw. [Written also grigri palm.]

Gru"gru worm" (?). (Zoˆl.) The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.

Grum (?), a. [Cf. Dan. grum furious, Sw. grym, AS. gram, and E. grim, and grumble. √35.] 1. Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim. "Nick looked sour and grum." Arbuthnof.

2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as, a grum voice.

Grum"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grunbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grumbling (?).] [Cf. LG. grummeln, grumen, D. grommelen, grommen, and F. grommeler, of German origin; cf. W. grwm, murmur, grumble, surly. √35. Cf. Grum, Grim.] 1. To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no
more.

Prior.

2. To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.

3. To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.

Grum"ble, v. t. To express or utter with grumbling.

Grum"ble, n. 1. The noise of one that grumbles.

2. A grumbling, discontented disposition.

A bad case of grumble.

Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Grum"bler (?), n. One who grumbles.

Grum"bling*ly, adv. In a grumbling manner.

Grume (grm), n. [OF. grume, cf. F. grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. fr. L. grumus.] A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy.

Grum"ly (?), adv. In a grum manner.

Gru*mose" (?), a. (Bot.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.

Gru"mous (?), a. [Cf. F. grumeleux. See Grume.] 1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

2. (Bot.) See Grumose.

Gru"mous*ness, n. The state of being grumous.

Grump"i*ly (?), adv. In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]

Grump"y (?), a. [Cf. Grumble, and Grum.] Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] Ferby.

Grun"del (?), n. [See Groundling.] (Zoˆl.) A groundling (fish). [Prov. Eng.]

Grundsel (?), n. Groundsel. [Obs.]

Grunt (grnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grunting.] [OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.] To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life.

Shak.

Grunting ox (Zoˆl.), the yak.

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Grunt (grnt), n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

2. (Zoˆl.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus HÊmulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (H. aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.

Grunt"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog. "Bristled grunters." Tennyson.

2. (Zoˆl.) One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2.

3. (Brass Founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Grunt"ing*ly, adv. In a grunting manner.

Grun"tle (?), v. i. [Freq. of grunt.] To grunt; to grunt repeatedly. [Obs.]

Grunt"ling (?), n. A young hog.

Grutch (?), v. See Grudge. [Obs.] Hudibras.

||Gru"yËre` cheese" (&?;). A kind of cheese made at GruyËre, ||Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is ||known in the United States as Schweitzerk‰se.

Gry (?), n. [Gr &?; syllable, bit.] 1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] Locke.

2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]

Gryde (?), v. i. To gride. See Gride. Spenser.

Gryf"on (?), n. [Obs.] See Griffin. Spenser.

||Gryl"lus (?), n. [L., locust.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of insects including ||the common crickets.

Grype (?), v. t. To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser.

Grype, n. [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zoˆl.) A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]

||Gry*phÊ"a (?), n. [NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen. gryphis, a ||griffin.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the ||oyster.

Gryph"ite (?), n. [Cf. F. gryphite.] (Paleon.) A shell of the genus Gryphea.

Gryph"on (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The griffin vulture.

||Grys"bok (?) n. [D. grijs gray + bok buck.] (Zoˆl.) A small South ||African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and ||chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

||Gua*cha"ro (?), n. [Cf. Sp. gu·charo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a ||sort of bird.] (Zoˆl.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ||(Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.

Gua"cho (?), n.; pl. Guachos (&?;) [Spanish American.] 1. One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.

2. An Indian who serves as a messenger.

Gua"co (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. Lindley. (b) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.

Gua"iac (?), a. [See Guaiacum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum.

Gua"ia*cum (?), n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Hayti.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.

2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale or lignum-vitÊ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]

Guan (gw‰n), n. ((Zoˆl.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.

Gua"na (gw‰"n), n. (Zoˆl.) See Iguana.

Gua*na"co (gw*n‰"k), n.; pl. Guanacos (- kz). [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. Huanaco.] (Zoˆl.) 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.]

Gua"ni*dine (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.

Gua*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Guano + -ferous.] Yielding guano. Ure.

Gua"nin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.

Gua"no (?), n.; pl. Guanos (#). [Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu dung.] A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.

||Gua"ra (?), n. [Braz. guar·.] (Zoˆl.) (a) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. ||(b) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) - - named ||from its cry.

||Gua"ra*na` (?), n. [Pg.] (Med.) A preparation from the seeds of ||Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an ||astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.

Gua"ra*nine` (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. wart&?;n 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 (g‰rd), v. i. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.

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. (Zoˆl.) 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.

Guard"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. gardable. See Guard, v. t.] Capable of being guarded or protected.

Guard"age (?), n. [Cf. OF. wardage. See Guard, v. t.] Wardship [Obs.] Shak.

Guard"ant (?), a. [OF. guardant, p. pr. of guard&?;. See Guard, v. t.] 1. Acting as guardian. [Obs.] Shak.

2. (Her.) Same as Gardant.

Guard"ant, n. A guardian. [Obs.] Shak.

Guard"ed, a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n.

Guard"en*age (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs. & R.] " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.

Guard"er (?), n. One who guards.

Guard"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The garfish.

Guard"ful (?), a. Cautious; wary; watchful. [Obs. or Poetic.] -- Guard"ful*ly, adv.

Guard"house` (?), n. (Mil.) A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.

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.

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Guard"i*an (?), a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. -- 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. -- 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.

Guard"i*an*age (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]

Guard"i*ance (?), n. Guardianship. [Obs.]

Guard"i*an*ess (?), n. A female guardian.

I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess.

Beau. & Fl.

Guard"i*an*less, a. Without a guardian. Marston.

Guard"i*an*ship, n. The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

Guard"less (?), a. Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman.

Guard"room` (?), n. (Mil.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.

Guards (g‰rdz), n. pl. A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."

Guard"ship, n. Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.

Guards"man (?), n.; pl. Guardsmen (&?;). 1. One who guards; a guard.

2. A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.

Guar"ish (?), v. t. [OF. guarir, garir, F. guÈrir.] To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.

Gua`te*ma"la grass" (?). (Bot.) See Teosinte.

Gua"va (?), 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.

Gu"ber*nance (?), n. Government. [Obs.]

Gu"ber*nate (?), v. t. [L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See Govern.] To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Gu"ber*na`tion (?), n. [L. gubernatio.] The act of governing; government [Obs.] I. Watts.

Gu"ber*na*tive (?), a. Governing. [Obs.]

Gu"ber*na*to`ri*al (?), a. [L. gubernator governor. See Gabernate.] Pertaining to a governor, or to government.

Gud"geon (gj"n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. 1st Goby. ] 1. (Zoˆl.) 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.

Gud"geon, v. t. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.]

To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.

Sir IV. Scott.

Gue (?), n. A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.

Gue"ber Gue"bre (?), n. Same as Gheber.

Guel"der*rose' (?), 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 } (gwlf), 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.

{ Guelph"ic, Guelf"ic } (?), a. Of or pertaining to the family or the faction of the Guelphs.

||Guenon" (?), n. [F.] (Zoˆl.) One of several long-tailed Oriental ||monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet.

||Gue`parde" (?), n. [Cf. F. guÈpard.] (Zoˆl.) The cheetah.

Guer"don (?), n. [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarln; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + ln reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. le·n 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.

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.

Guer"don*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. guerredonable.] Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.

Guer"don*less, a. Without reward or guerdon.

Gue*re"za (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 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.

Gue*ril"la (?), a. See Guerrilla.

Guer"ite (?), n. [F. guÈrite.] (Fort.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.

Guern"sey lil"y (?). (Bot.) A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.

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.

Guer*ril"la, a. Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.

Guess (gs), 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.

Guess, v. i. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.

This is the place, as well as I may guess.

Milton.

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.

A poet must confess His art 's like physic -- but a happy guess.

Dryden.

Guess"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being guessed.

Guess"er (?), n. One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.

Guess"ing*ly, adv. By way of conjecture. Shak.

Guess"ive (?), a. Conjectural. [Obs.] Feltham.

Guess" rope" (?). (Naut.) A guess warp.

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.

Guess"work` (?), n. Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.

Guest (gst), n. [OE. gest, AS. gÊst, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. g‰st, Dan. Gj‰st, 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.

Guest, v. i. To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.]

And tell me, best of princes, who he was That guested here so late.

Chapman.

Guest" rope" (?). (Naut.) The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Guest"wise" (?), adv. In the manner of a guest.

Gue"vi (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygmÊa); -- called also pygmy antelope. [1913 Webster]

Guf*faw" (&?;), n. A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh. "A hearty low guffaw." Carlyle.

Guf"fer (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The eelpout; guffer eel.

Gug"gle (?), v. i. See Gurgle.

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.

Gui"ac (?), n. Same as Guaiac.

Gui"a*col (?), 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.

Gui"a*cum (?), n. Same as Guaiacum.

Guib (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 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.

||Gui"co*war (?), n. [Mahratta gekwr, 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.

Guid"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled. Sprat.

Guid"age (?), n. [See Guide.] 1. The reward given to a guide for services. [R.] Ainsworth.

2. Guidance; lead; direction. [R.] Southey.

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.

Guide"board` (?), n. A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road. Lowell.

Guide"book` (?), n. A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.

Guide"less, a. Without a guide. Dryden.

Guide"post` (?), n. A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

Guid"er (?), n. A guide; a director. Shak.

Guid"er*ess (?), n. A female guide. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Guid"guid` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; -- called also barking bird.

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.

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2. One who carries a flag. Johnson.

3. One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.

Guige (gj or gj), n. [Obs.] See Gige.

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.

Guild"a*ble (?), a. Liable to a tax. [Obs.]

Guil"der (?), n. [D. gulden, orig., golden. Cf. Golden.] A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.

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.

Guile"ful (?), a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n.

Guile"less, a. Free from guile; artless. -- Guile"less*ly, adv. Guile"less*ness, n.

Guil"er (gl"r), n. [Cf. OF. guileor.] A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [Obs.] Spenser.

||Guil"le*met` (?), n. [F.] A quotation mark. [R.]

Guil"le*mot` (?), n. [F.] (Zoˆl.) 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.

Guil`le*vat" (-vt"), n. [F. guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment) + E. vat.] A vat for fermenting liquors.

||Guil"loche` (?), n. [F. guillochis; -- said to be fr. Guillot, the ||inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Arch.) 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.

Guil*loched" (?), a. Waved or engine-turned. Mollett.

Guil"lo*tine` (gl"l*tn`), 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.

2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.

Guil"lo*tine` (gl`l*tn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.

Guilt (glt), 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.

Guilt"i*ly (glt"*l), adv. In a guilty manner.

Guilt"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being guilty.

Guilt"less, a. 1. Free from guilt; innocent.

The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Ex. xx. 7.

2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had
formed.

Milton.

-- Guilt"less*ly, adv. -- Guilt"less*ness, n.

Guilt"-sick` (?), a. Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. & Fl.

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.

Guilt"y*like` (-lk`), adv. Guiltily. [Obs.] Shak.

Guin"ea (gn"), 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 (Zoˆl.), 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 AnonaceÊ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper ∆thiopicum. --Guinea pig. [Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.] (a) (Zoˆl.) 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 ChrysobalaneÊ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. -- Guinea worm (Zoˆl.), 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.

Gui*pure" (?), 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.

Guir"land (?), n. [Obs.] See Garland.

Guise (?), n. [OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wsa, 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.

Guis"er (?), n. [From Guise.] A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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.

Guit"guit` (?), n. [So called from its note.] (Zoˆl.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family CúrebidÊ, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.

||Gu"la (?), n.; pl. L. Gul∆ (#), E. Gulas (#). [L., the throat, ||gullet.] 1. (Zoˆl.) (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.

Gu"lar (?), a. [Cf. F. gulaire.] (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of Bird, and Bowfin.

Gu"laund (?), n. [Icel. gul- ˆnd.] An arctic sea bird.

Gulch (?), n. 1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.]

2. A glutton. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.

Gulch, v. t. [OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. gˆlka to gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.] To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.]

Guld (gld), n. A flower. See Gold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gul"den (?), n. See Guilder.

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 (glz), 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.

Gulf (?), n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. &?; bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. &?;.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between.

Milton.

Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.

Luke xvi. 26.

2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] Shak.

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak.

A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold.

Tennyson.

4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.