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<hw>Guest</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be, or act the part of, a guest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And tell me, best of princes, who he was That <b>guested</b> here so late. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Guest rope</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guest" rope"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc. </i>

<h1>Guestwise</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guest"wise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a guest.</def>

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

<hw>Gue'vi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (C. pyg. <i>m\'91a</i>); -- called also pygmy antelope.</def>

<h1>Guffaw</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guf*faw"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A loud burst of laughter, a horse laugh.</def> "A hearty low <i>guffaw</i>."

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Guffer</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guf"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The eelpout; guffer eel.</def>

<h1>Guggle</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gug"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Gurgle</er>.</def>

<h1>Guhr</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guhr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher.</def>

<i>P. Cleaveland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Guiac</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gui"ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Guaiac</er>.</def>

<h1>Guiacol</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gui"a*col</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Guiac</ets> + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless liquid, <chform>C6H4,OCH3.OH</chform><-- ##comma in original. error? -->, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.</def>

<h1>Guiacum</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Gui"a*cum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Guaiacum</er>.</def>

<h1>Guib</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West African antelope (<spn>Tragelaphus scriptus</spn>), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called <altname>harnessed antelope</altname>; -- called also <altname>guiba.</altname></def>

<h1>Guicowar</h1> <Xpage=656>

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