Guile Guile noun [ Middle English guile , gile , Old French guile ; of German origin, and the same word as English 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 Guile transitive verb [ Old French guiler . See Guile , noun ] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Guileful Guile"ful adjective Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly , adverb -- Guile"ful*ness , noun

Guileless Guile"less adjective Free from guile; artless. -- Guile"less*ly , adverb Guile"less*ness , noun

Guiler Guil"er (gīl"ẽr) noun [ Confer Old French guileor .] A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Guillemet Guil"le·met` noun [ French] A quotation mark. [ R.]

Guillemot Guil"le·mot` noun [ French] (Zoology) 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 .

Guillevat Guil`le·vat" (-văt") noun [ French guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment) + English vat .] A vat for fermenting liquors.

Guilloche Guil"loche` noun [ French guillochis ; -- said to be from Guillot , the inventor of a machine for carving it.] (Architecture) 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.

Guilloche Guil`loche" noun In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.

Guilloched Guil·loched" adjective Waved or engine-turned. Mollett.

Guillotine Guil"lo·tine` (gĭl"lo*tēn`) noun [ French, 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.

Guillotine Guil"lo·tine` (gĭl`lo*tēn") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Guillotined ; present participle & verbal noun Guillotining .] [ Confer French guillotiner .] To behead with the guillotine.

Guilt Guilt (gĭlt) noun [ Middle English gilt , gult , Anglo-Saxon gylt , crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to Anglo-Saxon gieldan to pay, English yield . See Yield , transitive verb ] 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-sick Guilt"-sick` adjective Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. & Fl.

Guiltily Guilt"i·ly (gĭlt"ĭ*lȳ) adverb In a guilty manner.

Guiltiness Guilt"i·ness noun The quality or state of being guilty.

Guiltless Guilt"less adjective 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 , adverb -- Guilt"less*ness , noun

Guilty Guilt"y adjective [ Compar. Gultier ; superl. Guiltiest .] [ Anglo-Saxon 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. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

4. Condemned to payment. [ Obsolete & R.] Dryden.

Guiltylike Guilt"y·like` (-lĭk`) adverb Guiltily. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Guimpe Guimpe noun [ French See 2d Gimp .] A kind of short chemisette, worn with a low-necked dress.

Guinea Guin"ea (gĭn"e) noun 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 . (Botany) See Durra . -- Guinea Current (Geology) , 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. [ Obsolete] Gay. -- Guinea fowl , Guinea hen (Zoology) , 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 (Botany) , grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum . -- Guinea grass (Botany) , a tall strong forage grass ( Panicum jumentorum ) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. -- Guinea-hen flower (Botany) , a liliaceous flower ( Fritillaria Meleagris ) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. -- Guinea peach . See under Peach . -- Guinea pepper (Botany) , the pods of the Xylopia aromatica , a tree of the order Anonaceæ , found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper Æthiopicum . -- Guinea pig . [ Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig .] (a) (Zoology) 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 (Botany) , the fruit of Parinarium excelsum , a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ , having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum . -- Guinea worm (Zoology) , 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.

Guinea-pig director Guin"ea-pig` di·rec"tor A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance. [ Colloq.]

Guipure Gui·pure" noun [ French] 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 .

Guirland Guir"land noun [ Obsolete] See Garland .

Guise Guise noun [ Middle English guise , gise , way, manner, French guise , from Old High German wīsa , German weise . See Wise , noun ] 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.

Guiser Guis"er noun [ From Guise .] A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]

Guitar Gui·tar" noun [ French guitare ; confer Pr., Spanish , & Portuguese guitarra , Italian chitarra ; all from Greek ...; confer Latin cithara . Confer 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.

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

Gula Gu"la noun ; plural Latin GulÆ , English Gulas . [ Latin , the throat, gullet.] 1. (Zoology) (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. (Architecture) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium .

Gular Gu"lar adjective [ Confer French gulaire .] (Zoology) Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of Bird , and Bowfin .

Gulaund Gu"laund noun [ Icelandic gul- önd .] An arctic sea bird.

Gulch Gulch noun 1. Act of gulching or gulping. [ Obsolete]

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

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

Gulch Gulch transitive verb [ Middle English gulchen ; confer dial. Swedish gölka to gulch , Dutch gulzig greedy, or English gulp .] To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [ Obsolete]

Guld Guld (gŭld) noun A flower. See Gold . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Gulden Gul"den noun See Guilder .

Gule Gule transitive verb To give the color of gules to.

Gule Gule noun The throat; the gullet. [ Obsolete]

Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous.

Gauden.

Gules Gules (gūlz) noun [ Middle English goules , French gueules , the same word as gueule throat, Old French gole , goule , Latin gula . So named from the red color of the throat. See Gullet , and confer 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 Gulf noun [ French golfe , Italian golfo , from Greek ... 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. [ Obsolete] Shak.

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

A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold.

Tennyson.

4. (Geology) 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.

Gulf Stream (Geology) , the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo , is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. -- Gulf weed (Botany) , a branching seaweed ( Sargassum bacciferum , or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.

Gulfy Gulf"y adjective Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.

Gulgul Gul"gul noun [ Hind. galgal .] A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.

Gulist Gu"list noun [ Latin gulo .] A glutton. [ Obsolete]

Gull Gull transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gulled ; present participle & verbal noun Gulling .] [ Prob. from gull the bird; but confer OSw. gylla to deceive, Dutch kullen , and English cullibility .] To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.

Dryden.

I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.

Coleridge.

Gull Gull noun 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.

2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.

Gull Gull noun [ Of Celtic origin; confer Corn. gullan , W. gwylan .] (Zoology) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.

» Among the best known American species are the herring gull ( Larus argentatus ), the great black-backed gull ( Latin murinus ) the laughing gull ( Latin atricilla ), and Bonaparte's gull ( Latin Philadelphia ). The common European gull is Larus canus .

Gull teaser (Zoology) , the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.

Gullage Gull"age noun Act of being gulled. [ Obsolete]

Had you no quirk.
To avoid gullage , sir, by such a creature?

B. Jonson

Guller Gull"er noun One who gulls; a deceiver.

Gullery Gull"er·y noun An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. [ R.] "A mere gullery ." Selden.

Gullet Gul"let noun [ Middle English golet , Old French Goulet , dim. of gole , goule , throat , French gueule , Latin gula ; perhaps akin to Sanskrit gula , German kenle ; confer French goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Confer Gules , Gully .] 1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions ; as: (a) A channel for water. (b) (Engineering) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

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