guise 
By their guise 
Just men they seem'd. Milton, P. L., xi. 57fl. 
Bashful she bends, her well-taught look aside 
Turns in enchanting guise. Thornton, Liberty, iv. 
3. External appearance as determined by cos- 
tume ; dress ; garb : as, the guise of a shepherd. 
Now long, now schort, now streyt, now large, now swerd- 
ed, now daggered, and in alle main n; '/.'/"'< 
Umuleville, Travels, p. 137. 
But tak you now a friar's gutee, 
The voice and gesture feign. 
Queen Eleanor's Cunjessivn (Child's Ballads, VI. 214). 
Hence 4. Appearance or semblance in gen- 
eral ; aspect or seeming. 
The most artificial men have found it necessary to put 
on a guise of simplicity and plainness, and make greatest 
protestations of their honesty when they most lie in wait 
to deceive. Stillintjfleet, Sermons, II. v. 
The Hugonots were engaged in a civil war by the specious 
pretences of some, who, under the guise of religion, sacri- 
ficed so many thousands to their own ambition. Swift. 
Drank swift death in guise of wine. 
William Harris, Earthly Paradise, I. 93. 
At One's own guiset. in one's own fashion ; to suit one's 
self. 
In daunger hadde he at hie oime gise, 
The yonge gurles [the youth] of the diocise. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 663. 
guise (giz), v. ; pret. and pp. guised, ppr. gitis- 
ing. [< OF. guiser, put on a guise or disguise ; 
from the noun: see guise, n.] I. intrans. To 
dress as a guiser ; assume or act the part of a 
guiser. [Eng.] 
Then like a guised band, that for a while 
Has mimick'd forth a sad and gloomy tale. 
J. Baillie. 
H. trans. To place a guise or garb on; dress. 
To guise ourselues (like counter-failing ape) 
To th' guise of men that are but men in shape. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, 11., The Vocation. 
Abb6 Maury did not pull ; but the charcoal men brought 
a mummer guised like him, and he had to pull in efligy. 
Carlyle, French Kev., II. i. 11. 
guiser (gi'zer), . One who goes from house to 
house whimsically disguised, and making di- 
version with songs and antics, usually at Christ- 
mas; a masker; a mummer. [Eng.] 
guissette (ge-sef), . [OF. : see gusset.] In 
medieval armor: (a) The light armor for the 
thigh. See cuishes. (b) Same as gusset. 
guitar (gi-tar'), . [= D. Dan. guitar = G. gui- 
tarre = Sw. gitarr, < F. guitare, a later form 
(after "Pr.guitara, Sp. Pg. guitarra, 
It. chitarra) of OF. guiterre, ear- 
lier guiterne (> older E. gittern), < 
L. cithara, (. Gr. mdapa, a kind of 
lyre: see cithara, cithern, cittern, 
gittern, zither.] A musical instru- 
ment of the lute class, having 
usually six strings (three of cat- 
gut and three of silk wound with 
fine silver wire), stretched over a 
violin-shaped body, and a long 
neck and finger-board combined. 
The strings are plucked or twanged by the 
right hand, while they are stopped by the 
left hand upon small frets placed at reg- 
ular intervals upon the finger-board. As 
usually tuned, the compass is between 
three and four octaves upward from the 
second E below middle C. The usual tun- 
ing of the strings is 
shown at a, the music v . 1* 1 - i 
being written an octave qgl- | p ~| 
higher. As the fixed - [_ f p=^ 
frets prevent distant a 
modulations from the normal key of the instrument, a 
capo tasto is sometimes attached so as to shorten all the 
strings at once. The guitar is the modern form of a large 
class of instruments used in all ages and countries. It is 
most popular in Spain, but has had periods of great popu- 
larity in France and England. Its tone is soft and agree- 
able, and is especially suited for accompaniments. 
guitarist (gi-tar'ist), . [< guitar + -ist.] A 
performer upon the guitar, 
guitermanite (git'er-man-it), . [After Frank- 
lin Guiterinan.] A sulphid of arsenic and lead 
occurring in masses of a bluish-gray color and 
metallic luster, found at the Zufii mine near 
Silverton, Colorado. 
guitguit (gwit'gwit), n. [So called in imitation 
of its notes.] An American bird of the family 
Ccerebidw. The term has been extended as a book-name 
to some of the old-world sunbirds, erroneously supposed 
to be related to the guitguitg proper. See cut under Cce- 
rebinoB. Compare guidguid, with a different application, 
guitonent, [Appar. irreg. for "guiton, < OF. 
tjuiton, guyton, giton, id ton, a page, varlet.] A 
varlet. 
I do this the more 
T' amaze our adversaries to behold 
The reverence we give these guitanens. 
Middleton, Game at Chess, i. 1. 
guivert, . An obsolete form of quircr. 
guivr6 (ge-vra'), a. In her., anserated. 
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guizard, Same as guisard. 
guizet, " An obsolete spelling of guise. 
Guizotia (ge-zo'ti-a), n. [NL., named after F. 
P. G. Guizot (1787-1874), a French statesman 
and historian.] A small genus of composite 
plants resembling the sunflower, natives of 
tropical Africa. G. Abyssinica is cultivated in many 
parts of India for the small black seeds, known as Niger 
or ramtil seeds, from which an oil used for lamps and as 
a condiment is expressed. 
gula (gu'la), re. ; pi. gula: (-le). [L., the throat: 
see gale?, gullet, gules.] 1. In arch., a molding, 
more commonly called cyma reversa or ogee. 
See cyma, 1. 2. In entom., a piece which in 
some insects forms the lower surface of the 
head, behind the rnentum, and bounded later- 
ally by the geuse or cheeks. It is conspicuous in 
the beetles, but in many other insects it appears to be en- 
tirely absent, or is represented only by the inferior cer- 
vical sclerites, little corneous pieces in the membrane of 
the neck. See cut under -mouth-part. 
The inferior cervical sclerites fof the cockroach] are two 
narrow transverse plates, one behind the other, in the 
middle line. They appear to represent the part called 
ftula, which in many insects is a large plate confluent with 
the epicranium above and supporting the submentum an- 
teriorly. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 347. 
3. In ornith., the upper part of the throat of a 
bird, between the mentum and the jugulum. 
See cut under uird^. 
gulf 
2. A long, narrow, deep depression of the sea- 
bottom. 
guldt, . A Middle English form of gold. 
gulden (gol'den), n. [G. gulden, also gulden, a, 
florin, < gulden = E. gitden*, golden: see gildeii 1 , 
golden, gilder 2 .] 1. One of several gold coins for- 
merly current in Germany from the fourteenth 
century, and in the Low Countries from the fif- 
teenth century : the name was afterward ap- 
plied to silver coins of Germany and the Neth- 
erlands. 2. A current silver coin of Austria, 
worth 1*. Sd. English, or about 40 cents; also, 
a current silver coin of the kingdom of the 
Netherlands, of less value. See cut in preced- 
ing column. 
guldenhead (gol'den-hed), n. [A dial. var. of 
goldenhead.] The common puffin, Fratercula 
arctica. Montagu. 
gule 1 t, n. [ME. gule, < OF. gule, golf, < L. gula, 
throat, gullet, gluttony: see gole 2 , gules.] 1. 
The throat; the gullet. Dories. 
There are many throats so wide and gules so gluttonous 
in England that they can swallow down goodly Cathe- 
drals. Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 823. 
2. Gluttony. 
This vice, whiche so onte of reule 
Hath set us alle, is clepid gule. 
Gotver, MS. Soc. Antiq., 134, f. 176. (Halliwell.) 
of gules to. 
Achilles durst not looke on Hector when 
He (i 11 M his silver armes in GreekUh bloud. 
Heywood, Troia Britannica (1609). 
French Guitar of 
the i?th century. 
The front of the neck has been needlessly subdivided, gule 2 t, v. t. [< gule-s.] In her., to give the color 
and these subdivisions vary with almost every writer. It 
suffices to call it throat (gula, or jugulum), remembering 
that the jugular portion is lowermost . . . and the gular 
uppermost, running into chin along the under surface of 
the head. Cones, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 96. 
gulancha (go-lan'cha), . [E. Ind.] The Ti- 
nospora cordifolia, a woody menispermaceous 
climber common in India and Ceylon. The roots 
and stems are bitter, and possess tonic, antipe- 
riodic, and diuretic properties, 
gular (gu'lar), a. and n. [< gula + -or 3 .] I. 
a. 1 . Pertaining to the gullet or throat in gen- 
eral; jugular; esophageal. 2. Specifically, in 
eool., pertaining to the gula. Gular plates, in 
ichth., one or two osseous lamina) between the rami of 
the lower jaw, occurring in certain fishes, as Ainiidce, Elo- 
pidce, Ceratodontidce. Gular pouch, the throat-pouch 
common to all the steganopodous or totipalmate birds, and 
found in a few others. It is most highly developed in the 
pelican, in which it hangs as a great bag under the bill and 
throat, capable of holding several quarts. See cut under 
pelican. Gular sutures. Same as buccal sutures (which 
see, under buccal). 
II. n. A gular plate or shield beneath the 
throat of a serpent or fish. 
gulaundt (gu'land), n. [< Icel. gulond, < gulr (= 
Sw. Dan. gul), yellow, + and (and-) (= Dan. Sw. 
and), a duck: see yellow, drake, and anas.] An 
aquatic fowl, apparently the merganser or 
goosander. 
gulch 1 ! (gulch), v. t. [Also dial, gulge; < ME. 
gulchen (gulchen in, swallow greedily, gulchen 
ut, disgorge, eject) ; mod. E. dial, (unassibi- 
lated) gidlt, swallow ; appar. < Norw. gulka, dis- 
gorge, retch up, Sw. golka, gulch. Cf. D. gulzig, 
greedy; cf. also gulp.] To swallow greedily. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
gulch 1 ! (gulch), n. [< gulch 1 , v.] 1. A swal- 
lowing or devouring. 2. A glutton; a fat, 
stupid fellow. 
Then you'll know us, you'll see us then, you will, gulch. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. 
You muddy gulch, dar'st look me in the face, while mine 
eyes sparkle with revengeful fire? 
A. Brewer, Lingua, v. 16. 
gulch 2 (gulch), v. i. [Perhaps connected with 
gulch^.] To fall heavily. [Prov. Eng.] 
gulch 2 (gulch), M. [< gulclfi, c.] A heavy fall. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
gulch 3 (gulch), H. [Origin uncertain ; perhaps 
connected with gnlclfi. There appears to be 
no etymological connection with gully 1 .] 1. A 
gorge ; a ravine ; any narrow valley or ravine 
of small dimensions and steep sides. [Pacific 
States.] 
The lower gulches, lined with aspens, in autumn show a 
streak of faded gold. The Century, XXXI. 60. 
Silver Gulden of William III., King of the Netherlands, 1867 ; 
British Museum. (Size of the original.) 
gule a t. ii- [ML. gula Augusti, F. la goule d'An- 
gust, la goule d'Aout; appar. lit. 'the throat of 
August,' i. e., the beginning (see gulel, </ofe 2 ); 
but said to be orig. W. gwyl Awst, feast of 
August: gwyl, festival, feast; Awst, August: 
see August^.] A term occurring in the phrase 
gule of August, Lammas day (August 1st). 
gule 4 , v. i. ; pret. and pp. guled, ppr. gidmg. [E. 
dial.] To laugh or grin ; sneer; boast. 
gules (gulz), n. [A later form, taking the place 
of ME. goules, gowles, goulys, gowlys, < OF. 
gueuies, F. gueules, gules, red, or 
sanguine in blazon (< ML. gula'): 
pi. of OF. gole, goule, later and 
mod. F. gueule, the mouth, the 
jaws, prop, the open jaws, the 
reference in gules being prob. 
to the color of the open mouth 
of the heraldic lion, < L. gula, 
throat: see g-ule 1 . The "deri- 
vation" from Pers. gul } a rose, is a poetical 
fancy.] In her., the tincture red: in repre- 
sentations without color, as in drawing or en- 
graving, it is indicated by vertical lines drawn 
close together. 
Bot syr Guwayne for grefe myghte noghte agayne-stande, 
Umbegrippys a spere, and to a gome rynnys. 
That bare of gowles fulle gaye, with gowces of sylvere. 
Mvrte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3760. 
Her face he makes his shield, 
Where roses gules are borne in silver field. 
Sir P. Sidney (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 609X 
Follow thy drum ; 
With man's blood paint the ground, gules, gules. 
Shak., T. of A., iv. 3. 
Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, 
And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast. 
Keatx, Eve of St. Agnes. 
gulf (gulf), . [Formerly often gulph, some- 
times goulfe (= D. golf, a wave, billow, gulf, 
= G. golf, a bay); < OF. golfe, goulfe, a gulf, 
whirlpool, F. golfe, a gulf (bay), a later form 
(after It. golfo, etc.) of OF. qouffre, F. gouf- 
fre, a gulf, abyss, pit, = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. golfo, 
a gulf, bay, < LGr. no/lipof, Gr. KiW.Tro?, the bosom, 
lap, a deep hollow, a bay, a creek (cf. L. sinus 
in similar senses : see sine).] 1. A large tract 
of water extending from the ocean or a sea into 
the land, following an indentation of the coast- 
line: as, the Gulf of Mexico; the Gulf of Ven- 
ice. A gulf is usually understood to be larger than a 
bay and smaller than a sea ; but in many cases this dis- 
tinction is not observed. Thus, the Arabian sea on one 
side of the Indian peninsula is of nearly the same size and 
shape as the Bay of Bengal on the other, while the Bay 
of Biscay is many times larger than the Gull of Genoa. 
They [the Venetians] prohibiting all trafflque elsewhere 
throughout the whole Gulph. Sandys, Travailes, p. 1. 
2. An abyss; a chasm; a deep place in the 
earth : as, the gulf of Avernus. 
Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. 
Luke xvi. 26. 
A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog 
Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, 
Where armies whole have sunk. 
Milton, P. L., ii. 592. 
