guardsman 
guardsman igiirdz'man), .; pi. 
(-men). 1. One who guards or keeps ward; 
a watchman. Imp. Diet. 2. In the British 
service, an officer or private in the Guards. 
There was Jack Jargon, the gigantic Guardanm 
Byron, Don Juan, x 
'.n. 
xiii. 88. 
Tannhauser, one suspects, was a knight of ill-furnished 
imagination, hardly of larger discourse than a heavy 
Guardsman. George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxii. 
guard-tent (gard'tent), n. One of the tents 
occupied by a military guard when a command 
is in the field or in camp. 
guariba (gwa-re'ba), n. A howling monkey. 
See araguato. 
The largest [monkeys] belong to the genus Steutor, in- 
cluding the guarioas or howling monkeys. 
Encyc. Brit., IV. 227. 
guarisht (gar'ish), v. t. [< OF. guarir, guerir, 
F. guerir (-zss-), heal : see warish, and cf . gari- 
soun, warison.] To heal. 
All the seke men and malades that ware enointed ther 
wyth were anone guarysshed and made hooll. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. $.), p. 166. 
Daily she dressed him, and did the best 
His grievous hurt to guarish. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. v. 41. 
Guatemalan, Guatemalian (gwa-te-mii'lan, 
-li-an), a. and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to Gua- 
temala, the northernmost republic of Central 
America, bordering on Mexico. 
Singing-birds are commonly kept in the Guatemalian 
houses. Encyc. Brit., XI. 240. 
Zaldivar transmitted a series of despatches misrepre- 
senting the situation, and appealing for protection against 
the Guatemalan tyranny. Sew Princeton Rev., V. 856. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Guatemala. 
The dominant people are Spanish in origin and 
language. 
guava (gwa'va), n. [= Sp. Pg. guayaba (NL. 
< Braz. (Guiana) guayaba, guaiva, 
the native name.] 
One of several 
species of Psidium, 
a myrtaceous ge- 
nus of tropical 
America, and espe- 
cially P. Guaya- 
va, which yields a 
well-known and es- 
teemed fruit, and is 
now cultivated and 
naturalized in most 
tropical countries. 
There are two varieties 
of the fruit, known as 
the red or apple-shaped 
and the white or pear- 
shaped guava. The 
pulp is of an agreeable 
acid flavor, and is made 
Section of Fruit otPsi4iumGuw>vt>- into J ell y. marmalade, 
etc. P. montanum is 
known in Jamaica as mountain-guaca. Black guava, 
the Guettarda argentea, a rubiaceous tree of Jamaica, bear- 
ing a black, globose, pulpy fruit. 
guay (ga), a. In her., rearing on its hind legs: 
said of a horse. 
guaya (gwa'ya), n. [Prob. an Eng. corruption 
of gauja, Ind. name.] The flowering or fruit- 
ing shoots of the female hemp-plant, Cannabis 
sativa, used in medicine, but chiefly for smok- 
ing. 
guayaquillite (gwl-a-ke'lit), , [< Guayaquil 
(see def.) -I- -lite.'] A fossil resin (C 2 oH2 6 O 3 ), 
of a pale-yellow color, said to form an exten- 
sive deposit near Guayaquil in Ecuador. It 
yields easily to the knife, and may be rubbed 
to powder. Its specific gravity is 1.092. 
Guazuma (gwa-zo'ma), n. [NL., from a Mex. 
name.] A sterculiaceous genus of small trees 
or shrubs, of 4 or 5 species, natives of tropical 
America. In foliage they closely resemble the elm. 
The bastard cedar, G. tomentosa, a West Indian and Mexi- 
can species which is also naturalized in the old world, 
bears a tuberculated fruit, which is used, as are the leaves, 
for feeding cattle and horses. The young shoots yield a 
strong fiber, 
gub (gub), . [ A variant of gob 2 ."] If. A lump. 
A bodie thinketh hymself well emended in his sub- 
staunce and riches to whom hath happened some good 
gubbe of money. 
Udall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 14. 
2. A projection on a wheel. 
A wheel with r/ubs at the back of it, over which the end- 
less rope passes, and gives motion to the machinery of the 
carriage. p>e, Diet., III. 715. 
gubbertushedt (gub'er-tusht), a. [Cf. gobber- 
tooth.'] Having projecting teeth. 
A nose like a promontory, gubbertushed, . . . uneven, 
brown teeth, ... a witch's beard. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 507. 
167 
2047 
gubbin (gub'in), H. [Cf. gub, yubbiiigs.} 1. A 
kind of clay ironstone. [Staffordshire, Eng.] 
2f. A paring. Naren. 
All that they could buy, or sell, or barter, 
Would scarce be worth a gubbin once a quarter. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). 
gubbingst (gub'ingz), . pi. [Cf. gub, gubbin.] 
The parings of haberdine; also, any kind of 
fragments. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
gubernacula, . Plural of gubernaculum. 
gubernacular (gu-ber-nak'u-lar), a. [< guber- 
naculum + -/&.] Pertaining to a gubernacu- 
lum. 
gubernaculum (gu-ber-nak'u-lum), n. ; pi. gu- 
bernacula (-la). [L., a helm, rudder: see gov- 
ernail."] 1. The posterior trailing flagellum 
of a biflagellate infusorian, used for steering : 
correlated with tractellwn. 
A gubernaculum is developed in such infusorians as 
Aiiisonema and Heteromita. H. J. Clark. 
2. In odontog., an embryonic epithelial struc- 
ture which becomes the enamel-organ of the 
tooth. 3. In anat., a fibrous cord passing 
downward from the testis in the fetus to the 
skin of the scrotum, and drawing down the 
testis as the fetus grows. 
gubernancet (gu'ber-nans), . [< ML. guber- 
nantia (> OF. gouvernance, E. governance, q. v.), 
< L. gubernare : see gubernate."] Government. 
With the gubernance of all the king's tenants and sub- 
jects. Strype, Memorials, an. 1550. 
gubernatet (gu'ber-nat), v. t. [< L. gubernatuK, 
pp. of gubernare, govern: see govern.'] To gov- 
ern. Cockeram. 
gubernationt(gu-ber-na'shon), n. [Earlymod. 
E. gubernacion, < OF. gubernation, < L. guber- 
natio(n-), < gubernare, govern: see govern."] 
Government; rule; direction. 
Was it not done to this entent, that the conquerors might 
have the only power and entier gubernacion of all the 
landes and people within their climate 1 
Hall, Hen. V., fol. 5. 
Behold the creation of this world, and the gubernation 
of the same. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 122. 
gubernativet (gu'ber-na-tiv), a. [= OF. gu- 
bernatif; as gubernate + -ive.] Governing; di- 
recting. 
He talked to him of real and gubernative wisdom. 
Bp. Ilacket, Abp. Williams (1693), p. 39. 
gubernatorial (gu''ber-na-t6'ri-al), a. [< L. gu- 
bernator, a steersman, governor, < gubernare, 
govern: see governor, govern.'] Pertaining to 
a governor: as, a gubernatorial election ; guber- 
natorial duties. [Chiefly in newspaper use, in 
the United States.] 
He refused to run for mayor or governor, though often 
solicited, once declining the gubernatorial nomination 
after a unanimous choice by the convention. 
Sci. Amer., N. S., LVIII. 128. 
Gubernetes (gu-ber-ne'tez), . [NL. (Such, 
1825), an accom. of the stricter form Cybernetes 
(first used by Cabanis and Heine, 1859), < Gr. 
Kvjjtpvrrnji;, a steersman, < mjiepvav, steer, > L. 
gubernare, steer, govern: see govern.] A re- 
Yiperu (Gubtrttetes yetafa} 
markable genus of South American tyrant- 
birds, having the outer tail-feathers extraor- 
dinarily developed. G. yetapa, the yiperu, in- 
habits Brazil and other parts of South America. 
It is the only species. 
guddle 1 (gud'l), v. i. ; pret. and pp. guddled, 
ppr. guddling. [E. dial., perhaps a var. of gut- 
tle.'] To drink much or greedily; guzzle. Jen- 
M/tlt/X. 
Gueber 
guddle' 2 (gud'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
]<l>r. i/uililliiig. [Sc.; origin obscure.] 1. To 
botch ; bungle ; mangle ; haggle. 2. To catch 
(fish) with the hands by groping under the 
stones or banks of a stream. 
gude 1 (giid), a. and . A Scotch form of good. 
Gude 2 (giid), n. A Scotch form of God. 
Gudermannian (go-der-man'i-an), a. and w. 
I. a. Pertaining to the German mathematician 
Christoph Gudermann (1798-1852) Guderman- 
nian amplitude of any quantity. See amplitude. 
Gudermannian function. See If. 
II. H. A mathematical function named from 
Gudermann. The Gudermannian is expressed by the 
letters gd put before the sign of the variable, and it is de- 
fined by the equation x = log tan ({* + i gd x). The sine, 
cosine, and tangent of the Gudermannian are also some- 
times called Gudermanniang, or Gudermannian func- 
tions. 
gudgeon 1 (guj'on), . and a. [Also dial, good- 
geon; early mod. E. also gogion ; < ME. gojon, 
gojune, < OF. goujon, F. goujon, dial, govion, 
gouvion = It. gobione, < L. gobio(n-), another 
form of gobius, also cabins, < Gr. Kuffiof, a kind 
of fish, a gudgeon, tench.] I. u. 1. A small 
European fresh-water fish, Gobio fluviatilis, of 
the family Cyprinidee. It is easily' caught, and 
is used for bait. See cut under Gobio. 
'Tis true, no turbots dignify my boards, 
But gudgeons, flounders, what my Thames affords. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. it. 142. 
Hence 2. A person easily cheated or in- 
snared. 
This he did to draw you in, like so many gudgeon*, to 
swallow his false arguments. Swift. 
In vain at glory gudgeon Boswell snaps. 
W oleot, Bozzy and Fiozzi, 11. 
3f. A bait ; an allurement ; something used to 
deceive or entrap a person; a cheat; a lie. 
Doo you thinke that James was so mad, as to gape for 
gogionx ; or so vngratious as to sell his truth for a peece 
of Ireland ? 
Slanihunt, in Holinshed's Hist. Ireland, an. 1533. 
What fish so ever you be, you have made both mee and 
Philantus to swallow a gudgeon. 
Lyly, Euphnes, sig. K 3, b. 
Sea-gudgeon, the black goby or rock-fish, 
II. a. Resembling a gudgeon; foolish; stu- 
pid. 
This is a bait they often throw out to such gudgeon 
princes as will nibble at it. Tain Brown, Works, I. 90. 
gudgeon 1 (guj'on), v. t. [< gudgeon^, n., 2, 3.] 
To msnare ; cheat ; impose on. 
To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been 
given you. Scott. 
gudgeon 2 (guj'on), w. [< ME. gojone (of a pul- 
ley), < OF. goujon, gojon, gougeon, gougon, the 
pin of a pulley, the gudgeon of a wheel.] 1. 
The large pivot of the axis of a wheel. Halliwell. 
2. In macn., that part of a horizontal shaft or 
axle which turns in the collar. The word formerly 
denoted the part revolving in immediate contact with the 
bearings. It is now applied only when that part is sepa- 
rate from and independent of the body of the shaft. The 
form of the gudgeon and the mode of its insertion depend 
upon the form and material of the shaft. 
3. In shy-building: (a) One of several clamps, of 
iron or other metal, bolted to the stern-post of 
a ship or boat for the rudder to hang on. There 
is a hole in each of them to receive a corresponding pin- 
tle bolted on the back of the rudder, which thus turns as 
upon hinges. There are generally 4, 5, or 6 gudgeons on a 
ship's stern-post, according to her size. 
The keel is his back, the planks are his ribs, the beams 
his bones, the pintal and gudgeons are his gristles and 
cartilages. Howell, Parly of Beasts, p. 9. 
(b) One of the notches in the carrick-bits for 
receiving the metal bushes in which the spin- 
dle of a windlass traverses. 4. A metallic pin 
used for securing together two blocks or slabs, 
as of stone or marble. 
Joined together by cramps and gudgeons of iron and 
copper. Workshop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 387. 
5. A piece of wood used for roofing. Halliwell. 
[Prov. Eng.] Cross-tall gudgeon, a gudgeon hav- 
ing a winged or ribbed shank. (See also beam-gudgeon.) 
gue 1 (gu), M. [Cf. gig and gewgaw.] A musical 
instrument of the violin kind, having only two 
strings (of horsehair), and played like a violon- 
cello, formerly used in Shetland. 
He conld play upon the gue, and upon the common vio- 
lin, the melancholy and pathetic tunes peculiar to the 
country. Scott, Pirate, ii. 
gue 2 t (gu), . [< OF. gucux, a rogue.] A rogue; 
a vagabond ; a sharper. 
Diligent search was made all thereabout, 
But my ingenious gue had got him out. 
Honest Ghost, p. 232. (A T ore.) 
Gueber, Gheber (ge'ber), . [= F. Guebre, < 
Pers. gabr, a worshiper of fire, a Parsee, an in- 
