Gueber 
ficli'l. Sec Giaour, which represents the Turk, 
form of the Pers. word.] The name given by the 
Mohammedans to one belonging to the Persian 
sect of fire-worshipers, the remnant of the an- 
cient Zoroastrians. They are now found chiefly in 
western India, and are called Parsees. Only a few thou- 
sands linger in Persia itself, chiefly in the provinces of 
Kirman and Yazd. Also spelled Oueure, Ghtbre. 
In general, this name of Ghebers is applied to the Zo- 
roastrians or Parsis, whom a modern European would all 
hut surely point to if asked to instance a modern race of 
Fire-worshippers. E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 256. 
guegawt, . An obsolete spelling of gctcgatr. 
Miiialicn. 
guejarite (ga'har-It), . [< Guejar (see def.) + 
-ite 2 .] A sulphid of antimony and copper, oc- 
curring in crystalline masses of a steel-gray 
color in the district of Guejar in Andalusia, 
Spain. 
gueldt, v. t. An obsolete spelling of geld 1 . 
guelder-rose, gelder-rose (gel'der-roz), n. 
[Cf. D. Geldersche roos, F. rose dc Gueldre; so 
called from its supposed source, Gelderland, 
Guelderland, or Guelders, D. Gelderland or 
Gelderen, G. Geldern, F. Gueldre, ML. Geldria, 
Gelria."] Viburnum Opulus, especially the cul- 
tivated form of that species ; the snowball-tree. 
See Viburnum and cranberry-tree. 
Gueldrian, Geldrian (gel'dri-an), a. and n. 
< ML. Geldria, Guelderland: see guelder-rose."] 
. a. Of or pertaining to the province of Guel- 
derland or Gelderland in the Netherlands, or 
to the former German duchy of that name. 
Herman Kloet, a young and most determined Geldrian 
soldier, now commanded in the place [Neusz]. 
Motley, United Netherlands, II. 26. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Guelder- 
land. 
Guelf, Guelph (gwelf), n. [< It. Gnelfo, It. form 
of G. Welf, a personal name, < OHG. MHG. 
welf, the young of dogs, and of wild animals, 
= AS. hwelp, E. whelp: see whelp.'] A member 
of the papal and popular party of Italy in the 
middle ages, opposed to the Ghibellines, the im- 
perial and aristocratic party. The Welfs (Guelfs) 
were a powerful family of Germany, so called from Welf 
I., in the time of Charlemagne. His descendants, several 
of whom bore the same name, held great possessions in 
Italy, through intermarriage, were at different times 
dukes of Bavaria, Saxony, and Carinthia, and founded the 
princely house of Brunswick and Hanover, to which the 
8 resent royal family of England belongs. The names 
'e(f and WaUilingen (Guelf and Ghibelline) are alleged 
to have been first used as war-cries at the battle of Weins- 
berg in 1140, fought and lost by Welf VI. against the 
Hohenstaufen emperor Conrad III. The contest soon 
ceased in Germany, but was taken up on other grounds 
in Italy, over which the emperors claimed supreme power ; 
and the names continued to designate bitterly antagonis- 
tic parties there till near the end of the fifteenth century. 
See Ghibelline. 
Guelflc, Guelphic (gwel'fik), . [< Guelf, 
Guelph, + -ic.\ Of or pertaining to the Guelf B. 
The family of Dante had been Guelphic, and we have 
seen him already as a young man serving two campaigns 
against the other party. Lowell, Dante. 
Under George IV. . . . was begun the great series of 
Monuments of German History, the editor of which was 
once wont to call himself Historiographer of the Most 
Serene GutlAc house. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 4. 
Guelflc order, a Hanoverian order of knighthood founded 
in 1816 by George IV., then prince regent, and entitled 
the Royal Hanoverian Guelflc Order. It includes grand 
crosses, commanders, and knights, both civil and military. 
Guelfism, Guelphism (gwel'flzm), . [< Guelf, 
Guelph, + -ism.] Political support of the Guelf s. 
With the extinction of Ghibellinism GmlAsm perished 
also. Encyc. Brit., XI. 245. 
guepard, gueparde (gwep'iird), n. [< F. gue- 
parde; formation not obvious ; the second part 
appears to be L. pardus, pard.] The hunting- 
leopard of India: same as chetah. 
Gueparda (gwe-piir'da), . [NL., < guepard."] 
A genus of dog-like cats, the type of a sub- 
family Guepardiiue: same as Cyntelurus. J. E. 
Gray, 1867. See cut under chetah. 
Guepardinae (gwep-ar-di'ne), n. pi. [NL., < 
Gueparda + -!;.]" A subfamily of Felidce, 
typified by the genus Gueparda, containing the 
dog-like cat, the chetah or hunting-leopard of 
India, as its only living representative, charac- 
terized by lack of an internal lobe of the upper 
sectorial tooth, and non-retractile claws. Also 
called Cynalurince. T. N. Gill, 1872. 
guerdon(ger'don),w. [<ME. guerdon, guerdomi, 
gardone, gardwyne, etc., < OF. guerdon, guerre- 
don, guarredon, guierdon, guirdon, werdon, etc., 
= Pr. guierdon = It. guidardone, guiderdone, < 
ML. tciderdonum, a reward; an ingenious alter- 
ation, simulating L. domim, a gift, of the ex- 
pected *widerlomim, < OHG. widarlon (= AS. 
icitherledn), a reward, < widar (= AS. wither), 
2648 
against, back again (see icitlti-riiain), + Ion (= 
AS. lean), reward.] A reward; requital; rec- 
ompense. 
Gifene us gersoms and golde, and gardwynes many. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 1729. 
For recompence hereof I shall 
You well reward, and golden guerdon give. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. ix. 32. 
Death, in guerdon of her wrongs, 
Gives her fame which never dies. 
Slialc., Much Ado, v. 3. 
To be a knight companion of Spain's proudest order of 
chivalry was the guerdon . . . which Spain's monarch 
promised the murderer, if he should succeed. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 544. 
guerdon (ger'don), r. t. [< ME. guerdonen, 
i/iienloiiiicn, i/(irdonen, < OF. guerdonner, guerre- 
doner, guerdoner, werdoner, etc., = Pr. guiar- 
doner = It. miidardonare, guiderdonare ; from 
the noun.] To give a guerdon to ; reward. 
It is good to serue suche a lorde as gardonethe his ser- 
uaunt in suche wise. 
Book of the Knight of La Tour Landnj, p. 4. 
My lord protector will, I doubt it not, 
See you well guerdon'd for these good deserts. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 4. 
Him we gave a costly bribe 
To guerdon silence. Tennyson, Princess, 1. 
guerdonable (ger'don-a-bl), a. [< OF. guerr- 
donnable, giierredonable, < guerdonner, reward: 
see guerdon, v., and -able."} Worthy of guerdon 
or reward. 
Finding it as well guerdonable, as grateful, to publish 
their libels. Sir G. Buck, Hist. Bich. III., p. 75. 
guerdonless (ger'don-les), a. [< ME. guerdon- 
lesse; < guerdon +" -less."] Without reward. 
But love alas quyte him so his wage 
With cruel daunger pleynly at the laste 
That with the dethe guerdonlexse he paste. 
Lydgate, Complaint of the Black Knight, 1. 399. 
guereza (ger'e-zft), n. [Native name.] 1. A 
large African monkey of the subfamily Sew reopt- 
tkeeinas, the Colobus guereza, one of the showiest 
Guereza (Cotodus guerexa). 
of the whole tribe, party-colored with black 
and white in large masses, with long flowing 
hair and a long bushy tail. 2. [cap.'] [NL.] 
A genus of monkeys, the type of which is the 
guereza. J. E. Gray. 
Also yuerza. 
Guerickian (ge-rik'i-an), a. Pertaining to 
Otto von Guericke of Magdeburg (1602-86), 
noted for his experiments concerning the pres- 
sure of air GuericMan vacuum, the partial vacuum 
produced by an air-pump. 
guerilla, guerillist. See guerrilla, guerrillist. 
Guerinia (gwe-riii'i-a), n. [NL. (Desvoidy, 
1830), named after M.G<H, a French ento- 
mologist.] 1. Inentom. : (a) A genus of tachi- 
na flies. B. Desvoidy. (6) A genus of scale- 
insects having two long knobbed or buttoned 
hairs on the last joint of the antennae. Signoret, 
1875. 2. A genus of crustaceans. C. Spence 
Bate, 1862. 
guerite (ga-reV), [F. (= Pr. guerida = 
OCat. guarita = Sp. Pg. guarida), a lookout, 
sentry-box, prop. pp. fem. of guerir, protect: 
see garret 1 .] Httit., a small turret or box of 
wood or of masonry at the salient angles of 
works, on the top of the revetment, at the door 
of a public building, etc., to shelter a sentry; 
a sentry-box. 
guernsey (gern'zi), n. [Named from the island 
of Guernsey in the English Channel.] 1. A 
close-fitting knitted woolen shirt much worn 
by seamen; a Guernsey frock. Compare jersey. 
guess 
How true a poet is he [Burns] ! And the poet, too, of 
poor men, of gray hodden, and the guemsei/ coat, and the 
blouse. i'j/K'rwm, Speech at Burns Centenary in Boston. 
Qutrnttys, besides being exceptionally comfortable, 
cover a multitude of deficiencies in underwear. 
Christian Union, Jan. 20, 1887. 
2. The red-legged partridge, Perdix or Cacca- 
liix rnfa. Montagu. 
Guernsey blue, ear-shell, etc. See the nouns. 
guerrilla, guerilla (ge-ril'a), . and . [< Sp. 
guerrilla, a skirmishing warfare, a body of skir- 
mishers, a predatory band, dim. of guerra = 
F. guerre, war: see scar.] I. n. 1. War car- 
ried on by the repeated attacks of indepen- 
dent bands; a system of irregular warfare by 
means of raids and surprises. [Barely used in 
English in this sense.] 2. Properly, a band 
of independent and generally predatory fight- 
ers in a war; now, more commonly, an indi- 
vidual member of such a band. The word was 
first brought into prominent use for the bands of peasants 
and shepherds who employed every means of annoying 
the French armies in Spain In 1808-14, often performing 
efficient service ; and guerrillas were very active in the 
Carlist cause in the subsequent civil wars. In the Amer- 
ican civil war there were numerous guerrillas along the 
border-lines, especially on the Confederate side. 
He [Bismarck] never could hear of the exploits per- 
formed by francs-tireurs without flying into a rage, and 
he frequently complained that these guerrillas should have 
been captured instead of instantly shot down. 
Lowe, Bismarck, L 589. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to guerrillas: as, a 
guerrilla attack ; a guerrilla band. 
A most valuable corps of light troops had been formed, 
schooled In all the wild, irregular movements of guerrilla 
warfare. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., it 3. 
With what success he carries on this guerilla war after 
declining a general action with the main body of our ar- 
gument our readers shall see. 
Macaulay, Sadler's Ref. Refuted. 
guerrillist, guerillist (ge-ril'ist), . [< guer- 
rilla, guerilla, + -ist.~\ JL member of a guer- 
rilla band ; a guerrilla. Imp. Diet. 
Guese (ges or gez), a. and n. [Abbr. of Portu- 
guese.'] Portuguese: used familiarly by Amer- 
ican fishermen and sailors. 
guess 1 (ges), v. [Early mod. E. also ghess, giiesse; 
prop, gess, early mod. E. gesse, the u or /( (as 
also in guest 1 , ghost, etc.) being a mod. and er- 
roneous insertion, without etymological basis 
or orthographic value; the word is ult. a de- 
riv. of get, and should be spelled, as former- 
ly, with the same initial elements ; < ME. ges- 
sen = MD. gJiissen, D. ginsen = MLG. LG. gis- 
sen, guess (cf. D. LG. ver-gissen, guess wrong- 
ly), = North Fries, gezze, gedse = Icel. gizka 
= 8w. gissa = Dan. gissc, guess, conjecture ; a 
secondary form (according to the Icel. form, 
orig. reflexive with refl. suffix -sk, as in E. bask 1 , 
busk 1 , etc.) of get: cf. Icel. geta, get, also 
fess, Dan. gjette, guess: see get 1 ."] I. trans. 
To form, without certain knowledge, but 
from probable indications, a notion concern- 
ing; form a provisional or an imperfect opin- 
ion concerning ; conjecture; surmise. 
And thei, as thei syjen him wandrjmge on the see, gee- 
fi'lm [him] for to be a fautum, and crieden. 
Wycltf, Mark vi. 49. 
Not mortal! like, ne like mankinde thy voice doth sound, I 
getxe 
Some goddesse thou art. Phaer, jEneid, i. 
Ptoleme nameth it Manapia, but whie he appropriated 
that name to this citie, neither dooth he declare, nor I 
ghesse. Stanihunt, in Holinshed, Descrip. of Ireland, Hi. 
By the measure of my grief 
I leave thy greatness to be guett'd. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxv. 
2. To conjecture rightly; solve by a correct 
conjecture; form a true opinion of: as, to guess 
one's design; to guess a riddle. 
Their harts she gheiseth by their humble guise. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. vi. 13. 
Riddle me this, and gueis him if you can, 
Who bears a nation in a single man? 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, ill. 135. 
3. In a loose use, to believe; think; suppose; 
imagine : with a clause for object. 
There ben now fewe of suche, I gesse. 
Gmcer, Conf. Amant., III. 180. 
Aftirward, if I shulde lyve in woo, 
Thanne to repente it were to late, I gesse. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. FurnivallX p. 68. 
Herde I so pleye a ravyshing swetnesse. 
That God, that makcre is of al and lord, 
Ne herde nevere betyr, as I gesse. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 200. 
Not altogether ; better far, I guess, 
That we do make our entrance several ways. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 
Well, then, Mr. Trip, you have a pleasant sort of pla 
here, I guess? Sheridan, School for .Scandal, 111. 
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