1. A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.
2. An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: A variously limited assemblage of animals or planta, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several orders.
4. (Mus.)
Defn: A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; — sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
GROUPGroup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouped; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouping.] Etym:[Cf. F. grouper. See Group, n.]
Defn: To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of. The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of different objects. Prior. Grouped columns (Arch.), three or moro columns placed upon the same pedestal.
GROUPER Group"er, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Garbupa.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidæ, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The tripletail (Lobotes). (c) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes. [Written also groper, gruper, and trooper.]
GROUPINGGroup"ing, n. (Fine Arts)
Defn: The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.
GROUSE Grouse, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [Prob. after the analogy of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen: cf. F. piegrièche shrike.] (Zoöl.
Defn: ) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidæ, and subfamily Tetraoninæ, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.
Note: Among the European species are the red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa betulina). See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse. Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge (Bonasa umbellus); the sharp-tailed grouse (Pediocætes phasianellus) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge (D. Canadensis). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock. The Old World sand grouse (Pterocles, etc.) belong to a very different family. See Pterocletes, and Sand grouse.
GROUSEGrouse, v. i.
Defn: To seek or shoot grouse.
GROUSERGrou"ser, n.
Defn: (Dredging, Pile Driving, etc.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.
GROUT Grout, n. Etym: [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. grütze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z. groats.]
1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
3. pl.
Defn: Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea." Dickens.
4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.
GROUTGrout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]
Defn: To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
GROUTHEADGrout"head`, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Growthead.
GROUTINGGrout"ing, n.
Defn: The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. Gwilt.
GROUTNOLGrout"nol, n. Etym: [See Groat, and Noll, n.] [Obs.]
Defn: Same as Growthead. Beau. & Fl.
GROUTYGrout"y, a.
Defn: Cross; sulky; sullen. [Colloq.]
GROVEGrove, n. Etym: [AS. graf, fr. grafan to dig.
Defn: The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees. See Grave, v., and cf. Groove.] A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
Note: The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the AuthorizedVersion of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version.Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or imageof some kind is intended.
GROVEL Grov"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveled or Grovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.] Etym: [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. grufa, in a grufu on the face, prone, grufa to grovel.]
1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. Dryden.
2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
GROVELERGrov"el*er, n.
Defn: One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also groveller.]
GROVELINGGrov"el*ing, a.
Defn: Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] "A groveling creature." Cowper.
GROVYGrov"y, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves. Dampier.
GROWGrow, v. i. [imp. Grew; p. p. Grown (; p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.]Etym: [AS. grawan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. groa, Dan. groe, Sw.gro. Cf. Green, Grass.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; — said of animals and vegetables and their organs.
2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue. Winter began to grow fast on. Knolles. Even just the sum that I do owe to you Is growing to me by Antipholus. Shak.
3. To spring up and come to matturity 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 of 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.
GROWGrow, v. t.
Defn: 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.
GROWABLEGrow"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of growth.
GROWANGrow"an, n. Etym: [Cf. Arm. grouan gravel, Corn. grow gravel, sand.](Mining.)
Defn: A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.
GROWERGrow"er, n.
Defn: 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.
GROWLGrowl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Growled; p. pr. & vb. e. Growling.] Etym:[D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen to beangry.]
Defn: To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.
GROWLGrowl, v. t.
Defn: To express by growling. Thomson.
GROWLGrowl, n.
Defn: The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.
GROWLERGrowl"er, n.
1. One who growls.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The large-mouthed black bass. [Local]
3. A four-wheeled cab. [Slang, Eng.]
GROWLINGLYGrowl"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a growling manner.
GROWNGrown,
Defn: p. p. of Grow.
GROWSE Growse, v. i. Etym: [Cf. gruesome, grcwsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver.]
Defn: To shiver; to have chills. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.
GROWTHGrowth, n. Etym: [Icel. groGrow.]
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.
GROWTHEADGrowt"head`, n. Etym: [Lit., greathead.]
Defn: A lazy person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Tusser.
GROWTHFULGrowth"ful, a.
Defn: Having capacity of growth. [R.] J. Hamilton.
GROYNEGroyne, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Groin.
GROZING IRONGro"zing i"ron.
1. A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.
2. (Plumbing)
Defn: A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe. Knight.
GRUBGrub, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed, p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing (.] Etym:[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.
GRUBGrub, 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.
GRUBGrub, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
GRUBBERGrub"ber, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, .grub hook, etc.
GRUBBLEGrub"ble, v. t. & i. Etym: [Freq. of grub, but cf. grabble.]
Defn: To feel or grope in the dark. [Obs.] Dryden.
GRUBBYGrub"by, a. Etym: [From Grub.]
Defn: Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.]The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.
GRUBBYGrub"by, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. [Local, U. S.]
GRUBWORMGrub"worm, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Grub, n., 1.And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. C. Smart.
GRUCCHEGrucche, v. i. Etym: [See Grudge.]
Defn: To murmur; to grumble. [Obs.]What aileth you, thus for grucche and groan. Chaucer.
GRUDGE Grudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grudger; p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.] Etym: [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 malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.] Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty ! Shak.
GRUDGEGrudge, 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.
GRUDGEGrudge, 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 eumity against hie 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 againat the grudges of more dreaded calamities. Milton.
Syn.— Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique.
GRUDGEFULGrudge"ful, a.
Defn: Full of grudge; envious. "Grudgeful discontent." Spenser.
GRUDGEONS; GURGEONS Grud"geons, Gur"geons (, n. pl. Etym: [Prob. from P. grugir to craunch; cf. D. gruizen to crush, grind, and E. grout.]
Defn: Coarse meal. [Obs.]
GRUDGERGrudg"er, n.
Defn: One who grudges.
GRUDGINGLYGrudg"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a grudging manner.
GRUDGINGNESSGrudg"ing*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.
GRUEL Gru"el, n. Etym: [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grütze, As. grut. See Grout.]
Defn: A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
GRUELLYGru"el*ly, a.
Defn: Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.
GRUESOMEGrue"some, a.
Defn: Same as Grewsome. [Scot.]
GRUFGruf, adv. Etym: [Cf. Grovel.]
Defn: Forwards; with one's face to the ground. [Obs.]They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously. Chaucer.
GRUFF Gruff, a. [Compar. Gruffer (; superl. Gruffest.] Etym: [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rcófan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.]
Defn: 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.
GRUGRU PALMGru"gru palm". (Bot.)
Defn: A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw. [Written also grigri palm.]
GRUGRU WORMGru"gru worm". (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 Grum, a. Etym: [Cf. Dan. grum furious, Sw. grym, AS. gram, and E. grim, and grumble.
1. Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim. "Nick looked sour and grum." Arbuthnof.
2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as,
GRUMBLE Grum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grunbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grumbling.] Etym: [Cf. LG. grummeln, grumman, D. grommelen, grommen, and F. grommeler, of German origin; cf. W. grwm, murmur, grumble, surly. sq. root35. 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.
GRUMBLEGrum"ble, v. t.
Defn: To express or utter with grumbling.
GRUMBLEGrum"ble, n.
1. The noise of one that grumbles.
2. A grumbling, discontented disposition. A bad case of grumble. Mrs. H. H. Jacksn.
GRUMBLERGrum"bler, n.
Defn: One who grumbles.
GRUMBLINGLYGrum"bling*ly, adv.
Defn: In a grumbling manner.
GRUME Grume, n. Etym: [OF. grume, cf. F. grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. fr. L. grumus.]
Defn: A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy.
GRUMLYGrum"ly, adv.
Defn: In a grum manner.
GRUMOSEGru*mose", a. (Bot.)
Defn: Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.
GRUMOUSGru"mous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. grumeleux. See Grume.]
1. Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: See Grumose.
GRUMOUSNESSGru"mous*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being grumous.
GRUMPILY gRUMPI*LY, ADV.
Defn: In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]
GRUMPY gRUMPY, a. Etym: [Cf. Grumblle, and Grum.]
Defn: Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] Ferby.
GRUNDELGrun"del, n. Etym: [See Groundling.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A groundling (fish). [Prov. Eng.]
GRUNDSELGrundsel, n.
Defn: Grounsel. [Obs.]
GRUNDYISMGrun"dy*ism, n.
Defn: Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. — Grun"dy*ist, n.
GRUNTGrunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grunting.] Etym:[OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw.grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.]
Defn: To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groanor a deep guttural sound.Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. Shak.Grunting ox (Zoöl.), the yak.
GRUNTGrunt, n.
1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Hæmulon, 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.
GRUNTERGrunt"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog. "Bristled grunters." Tennyson.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, andGrunt, n., 2.
3. (Brass Founding)
Defn: A hook used in lifting a crucible.
GRUNTINGLYGrunt"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a grunting manner.
GRUNTLEGrun"tle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of grunt.]
Defn: To grunt; to grunt repeatedly. [Obs.]
GRUNTLINGGrunt"ling, n.
Defn: A young hog.
GRUTCHGrutch, v.
Defn: See Grudge. [Obs.] Hudibras.
GRUYERE CHEESEGru"yère` cheese
Defn: '' (Gruyère, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse.
GRYGry, n. Etym: [Gr
1. A measure equal to one tenth of a line. [Obs.] Locke.
2. Anything very small, or of little value. [R.]
GRYDEGryde, v. i.
Defn: To gride. See Gride. Spenser.
GRYFONGryf"on, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Griffin. Spenser.
GRYLLUSGryl"lus, n. Etym: [L., locust.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of insects including the common crickets.
GRYPEGrype, v. t.
Defn: To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser.
GRYPEGrype, n. Etym: [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]
GRYPHAEA Gry*phæ"a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen. gryphis, a griffin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.
GRYPHITEGryph"ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gryphite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A shell of the genus Gryphea.
GRYPHONGryph"on, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The griffin vulture.
GRYSBOKGrys"bok n. Etym: [D. grijs gray + bok buck.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.
GUACHARO Gua*cha"ro, n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. guácharo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (SteatornisCaripensis, or S. steatornis); — called also oilbird.
Note: 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.
GUACHOGua"cho, n.; pl. Guachos ( Etym: [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.
GUACO Gua"co, n. Etym: [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.
GUAIACGua"iac, a. Etym: [See Guaiacum.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.— n. Guaiacum.
GUAIACOLGuai"a*col, n. [Guaiacum + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.
GUAIACUMGua"ia*cum, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name inHayti.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum- vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]
GUANGuan, n. ((Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Certal and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.
GUANAGua"na, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Iguana.
GUANACOGua*na"co, n.; pl. Guanacos. Etym: [Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf.Huanaco.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.]
GUANIDINEGua"ni*dine, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: 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.
GUANIFEROUSGua*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Guano + -ferous.]
Defn: Yielding guano. Ure.
GUANINGua"nin, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.
GUANOGua"no, n.; pl. Guanos. Etym: [Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu dung.]
Defn: 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.
GUARA Gua"ra, n. Etym: [Braz. guará.] (Zoöl.) (a) The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. (b) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) — named from its cry.
GUARANAGua"ra*na`, n. Etym: [Pg.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.
GUARANINEGua"ra*nine`, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.
GUARANTEEGuar`an*tee", n.; pl. Guarantees. Etym: [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.
Note: Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.
3. (Law)
Defn: 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.
GUARANTEEGuar"an*tee`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. guaranteed; p, pr. & vb. n.Guaranteeing.] Etym: [From Guarantee, n.]
Defn: 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 avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government. Constitution of the U. S.
GUARANTOR Guar"an*tor`, n. Etym: [See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantor.] (Law) (a) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety. (b) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.
GUARANTY Guar"an*ty, n.; pl. Guaranies. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
GUARANTYGuar"an*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarantied; p. pr. & vb. n.Guarantying.] Etym: [From Guaranty, n.]
Defn: In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he hass 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.
Note: 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.
GUARDGuard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. &, vb. n. Gurding.] Etym:[OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart to be on thewatch, 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; toaccompany for protection; to vare 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.
GUARDGuard (gärd), v. i.
Defn: 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.
GUARDGuard, n. Etym: [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 objectionsor censure.They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions asI. Atterbury.
7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
8. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of theBelemnites.
Note: 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.
GUARDABLEGuard"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gardable. See Guard, v. t.]
Defn: Capable of being guarded or protected.
GUARDAGEGuard"age, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. wardage. See Guard, v. t.]
Defn: Wardship [Obs.] Shak.
GUARDANTGuard"ant, a. Etym: [OF. guardant, p. pr. of guard. See Guard, v. t.]
1. Acting as guardian. [Obs.] Shak.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Gardant.
GUARDANTGuard"ant, n.
Defn: A guardian. [Obs.] Shak.
GUARDEDGuard"ed, a.
Defn: Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in hisexpressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions wereguarded.— Guard"edly, adv.— Guard"ed*ness, n.
GUARDENAGEGuard"en*age, n.
Defn: Guardianship. [Obs. & R.] " His tuition and guardenage."Holland.
GUARDERGuard"er, n.
Defn: One who guards.
GUARDFISHGuard"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The garfish.
GUARDFULGuard"ful, a.
Defn: Cautions; wary; watchful. [Obs. or Poetic.] — Guard"ful*ly, adv.
GUARDHOUSEGuard"house`, n. (Mil.)
Defn: A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
GUARDIAN Guard"i*an, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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. Blockstone. 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.
GUARDIANGuard"i*an, a.
Defn: 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.
GUARDIANAGEGuard"i*an*age, n.
Defn: Guardianship. [Obs.]
GUARDIANCEGuard"i*ance, n.
Defn: Guardianship. [Obs.]
GUARDIANESSGuard"i*an*ess, n.
Defn: A female guardian.I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
GUARDIANLESSGuard"i*an*less, a.
Defn: Without a guardian. Marston.
GUARDIANSHIPGuard"i*an*ship, n.
Defn: The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
GUARDLESSGuard"less, a.
Defn: Without a guard or defense; unguarded. Chapman.
GUARDROOMGuard"room`, n. (Mil.)
Defn: The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.
GUARDSGuards (gärdz), n. pl.
Defn: A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
GUARDSHIPGuard"ship, n.
Defn: Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.
GUARDSMANGuards"man, n.; pl. Guardsmen (.
1. One who guards; a guard.
2. A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.
GUARISHGuar"ish, v. t. Etym: [OF. guarir, garir, F. guérir.]
Defn: To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.
GUATEMALA GRASSGua`te*ma"la grass". (Bot.)
Defn: See Teosinte.
GUAVA Gua"va, n. Etym: [Sp. guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.]
Defn: 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.
GUBERNANCEGu"ber*nance, n.
Defn: Government. [Obs.]
GUBERNATEGu"ber*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. SeeGovern.]
Defn: To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram.
GUBERNATIONGu"ber*na`tion, n. Etym: [L. gubernatio.]
Defn: The act of governing; government [Obs.] I. Watts.
GUBERNATIVEGu"ber*na*tive, a.
Defn: Governing. [Obs.]
GUBERNATORIALGu"ber*na*to`ri*al, a. Etym: [L. gubernator governor. See Gabernate.]
Defn: Pertaining to a governor, or to government.
GUDGEON Gud"geon, n. Etym: [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gob, Gr. 1st Goby. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
GUDGEONGud"geon, v. t.
Defn: To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.[R.]To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you. SirIV. Scott.
GUEGue, n.
Defn: A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webstar.
GUEBER; GUEBREGue"ber Gue"bre, n.
Defn: Same as Gheber.
GUELDERROSEGuel"der*rose, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; — called also snowball tree.
GUELPH; GUELF Guelph, Guelf, n. Etym: [It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.] (Hist.)
Defn: 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; GUELFICGuelph"ic, Guelf"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the family or the facttion of the Guelphs.
GUENONGuenon", n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genusCercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet.
GUEPARDEGue`parde", n. Etym: [Cf. F. guépard.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The cheetah.
GUERDON Guer"don, n. Etym: [OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarl; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + lon reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. leán Goth. laun. See Withers.]
Defn: A reward; requital; recompense; — used in both a good and abad sense. Macaulay.So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of aglorious lot. Byron.He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon ofall his former villainies. Knolles.
GUERDONGuer"don, v. t. Etym: [OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.]
Defn: To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [R.]Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. Tennyson.
GUERDONABLEGuer"don*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. guerredonable.]
Defn: Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
GUERDONLESSGuer"don*less, a.
Defn: Without reward or guerdon.
GUEREZAGue*re"za, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
GUERILLAGue*ril"la, a.
Defn: See Guerrilla.
GUERITEGuer"ite, n. Etym: [F. guérite.] (Fort.)
Defn: A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.
GUERNSEY LILYGuern"sey lil"y. (Bot.)
Defn: A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.
GUERRILLA Guer*ril"la, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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.
GUERRILLAGuer*ril"la, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.
GUESS Guess, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Guessing.] Etym: [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 anobjective clause.Not all together; better far, I guess, That we do make our entranceseveral 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.
GUESSGuess, v. i.
Defn: To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; — with at,about, etcThis is the place, as well as I may guess. Milton.
GUESSGuess, n.
Defn: 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.
GUESSABLEGuess"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being guessed.
GUESSERGuess"er, n.
Defn: One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.
GUESSINGLYGuess"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of conjecture. Shak.
GUESSIVEGuess"ive, a.
Defn: Conjectural. [Obs.] Feltham.
GUESS ROPEGuess" rope". (Naut.)
Defn: A guess warp.
GUESS WARPGuess" warp". (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
GUESSWORKGuess"work`, n.
Defn: Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
GUEST Guest, n. Etym: [OE. gest, AS. gæst, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gust, Icel gestr, Sw. gäst, Dan. Gjäst, Goth. gast, 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 gueste, whom he had stayed that night. Spenser. True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. Pope.
GUESTGuest, v. t.
Defn: To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] Sylvester.
GUESTGuest, v. i.
Defn: 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 ROPEGuest" rope". (Naut.)
Defn: The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. Ham.Nav. Encyc.
GUESTWISEGuest"wise", adv.
Defn: In the manner of a guest.
GUEVIGue"vi, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (C. pyg. mæa); — called also pygmy antelope.
GUFFAWGuf*faw" (, n.
Defn: A loud burst of laughter, a horse laugh. "A hearty low guffaw."Carlyle.
GUFFERGuf"fer, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The eelpout; guffer eel.
GUGGLEGug"gle, v. i.
Defn: See Gurgle.
GUHRGuhr, n. Etym: [G.]
Defn: 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.
GUIACGui"ac, n.
Defn: Same as Guaiac.
GUIACOLGui"a*col, n. Etym: [Guiac + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.
GUIACUMGui"a*cum, n.
Defn: Same as Guaiacum.
GUIBGuib, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
GUICOWARGui"co*war, n.
Defn: [Mahratta gaekwar, 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.
GUIDABLEGuid"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled.Sprat.
GUIDAGEGuid"age, n. Etym: [See Guide.]
1. The reward given to a guide for services. [R.] Ainsworth.
2. Guidance; lead; direction. [R.] Southey.
GUIDANCEGuid"ance, n. Etym: [See Guide.]
Defn: 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 Guide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guided; p. pr. & vb. n. Guiding.] Etym: [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.
GUIDEGuide, n. Etym: [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 lifo; 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)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug 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.
GUIDEBOARDGuide"board`, n.
Defn: A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road. Lowell.
GUIDEBOOKGuide"book`, n.
Defn: A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.
GUIDELESSGuide"less, a.
Defn: Without a guide. Dryden.
GUIDEPOSTGuide"post`, n.
Defn: A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.
GUIDERGuid"er, n.
Defn: A guide; a director. Shak.
GUIDERESSGuid"er*ess, n.
Defn: A female guide. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GUIDE ROPEGuide rope. (Aëronautics)
Defn: 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.
GUIDGUIDGuid"guid`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; — called also barking bird.
GUIDONGui"don, n. Etym: [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.