Part 5015

<hw>Gua"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>guayaba</ets> the guava fruit, <ets>guayabo</ets> the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.]</ety> <def>A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus <spn>Psidium.</spn> Two varieties are well known, the <spn>P. pyriferum</spn>, or <altname>white guava</altname>, and <spn>P. pomiferum</spn>, or <altname>red guava</altname>. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.</def>

<h1>Gubernance</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gu"ber*nance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Government.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gubernate</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gu"ber*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gubernatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>gubernare</ets>. See <er>Govern</er>.]</ety> <def>To govern.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Gubernation</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gu"ber*na`tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gubernatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of governing; government</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>I. Watts. </i>

<h1>Gubernative</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gu"ber*na*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Governing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gubernatorial</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gu"ber*na*to`ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. gubernator governor. See <er>Gabernate</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a governor, or to government.</def>

<h1>Gudgeon</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gud"geon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gob, Gr. <?/ Cf. <er>1st Goby</er>. ]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small European freshwater fish (<spn>Gobio fluviatilis</spn>), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called <altname>gudgeons.</altname></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>What may be got without skill or merit.</def>

<blockquote>Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool <b>gudgeon</b>, this opinion. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person easily duped or cheated.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.</def>

<cs><col>Ball gudgeon</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ball</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gudgeon</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gud"geon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To be <b>gudgeoned</b> of the opportunities which had been given you. <i>Sir IV. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gue</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sharper; a rogue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>