Webster's Dictionary 1913

3241

Guidepost

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

3242

Guider

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

3243

Guideress

Guid″er‐ess (?), n. A female guide. Chaucer.

3244

Guidguid

Guid″guid′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; — called also barking bird.

3245

Guidon

Gui″don (?), n. [F. guidon, It. guidone. See Guide, v. t.] 1. A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or...

3246

Guige (2)

Guige (gĭj or gēj), n. See Gige.

3247

Guild

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. ...

3248

Guildable

Guild″a‐ble (?), a. Liable to a tax.

3249

Guilder

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

3250

Guildhall

Guild″hall′ (?), n. The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.

3251

Guile

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.Beho...

3252

Guile (2)

Guile, v. t. [OF. guiler. See Guile, n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. Spenser.

3253

Guileful

Guile″ful (?), a. Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. — Guile″ful‐ly, adv. — Guile″ful‐ness, n.

3254

Guileless

Guile″less, a. Free from guile; artless. — Guile″less‐ly, adv. Guile″less‐ness, n.

3255

Guiler

Guil″er (gīl″ẽr), n. [Cf. OF. guileor.] A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. Spenser.

3256

Guillemet

‖Guil″le‐met′ (?), n. A quotation mark.

3257

Guillemot

Guil″le‐mot′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.☞ The common guillem...

3258

Guillevat

Guil′le‐vat″ (–văt″), n. [F. guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment) + E. vat.] A vat for fermenting liquors.

3259

Guilloche

‖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...

3260

Guilloche (2)

‖Guil′loche″ (?), n. In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.

3261

Guilloched

Guil‐loched″ (?), a. Waved or engine-turned. Mollett.

3262

Guillotine

Guil″lo‐tine′ (gĭl″lō̍‐tēn′), n. [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The in...

3263

Guillotine (2)

Guil″lo‐tine′ (gĭl′lō̍‐tēn″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Guillotined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Guillotining.] [Cf. F. guillotiner.] To behead with the guillotine.

3264

Guilt

Guilt (gĭlt), n. [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS. gield...

3265

Guilt-sick

Guilt″–sick′ (?), a. Made sick by consciousness of guilt. “A guilt-sick conscience.” Beau. & Fl.

3266

Guiltily

Guilt″i‐ly (gĭlt″ĭ‐ly̆), adv. In a guilty manner.

3267

Guiltiness

Guilt″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being guilty.