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<hw>Guilt"-sick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made sick by consciousness of guilt.</def> "A <i>guilt-sick</i> conscience."

<i>Beau. c& El. </i>

<h1>Guilty</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guilt"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Gultier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Guiltiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>gyltig</ets> liable. See <er>Guilt</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with <i>of</i>, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.</def>

<blockquote>They answered and said, He is <b>guilty</b> of death. <i>Matt. xxvi. 66.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nor he, nor you, were <b>guilty</b> of the strife. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; <as>as, a <ex>guilty</ex> look; a <ex>guilty</ex> act; a <ex>guilty</ex> feeling.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Conscious; cognizant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson. </i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Condemned to payment.</def> <mark>[Obs. & R.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Guiltylike</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guilt"y*like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Guiltily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Guinea</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guin"ea</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the <i>Guinea fowl</i>, <i>Guinea grass</i>, <i>Guinea peach</i>, etc., are named.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.</def>

<blockquote>The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings. <i>Pinkerton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Guinea corn</col><cd>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> See <er>Durra</er>.</cd> -- <col>Guinea Current</col> <fld>(Geog.)</fld>, <cd>a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea.</cd>-- <col>Guinea dropper</col><cd> one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Gay</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Guinea fowl</col>, <col>Guinea hen</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus <spn>Numida</spn>, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (<spn>N. meleagris</spn>), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (<spn>N. cristata</spn>) is a finer species.</cd>-- <col>Guinea grains</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>grains of Paradise, or amomum. See <er>Amomum</er>.</cd> -- <col>Guinea grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tall strong forage grass (<spn>Panicum jumentorum</spn>) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States.</cd> -- <col>Guinea-hen flower</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a liliaceous flower (<spn>Fritillaria Meleagris</spn>) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen.</cd> -- <col>Guinea peach</col><cd>. See under <er>Peach</er>.</cd> -- <col>Guinea pepper</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the pods of the <spn>Xylopia aromatica</spn>, a tree of the order <spn>Anonace\'91</spn>, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of <spn>Piper \'92thiopicum</spn>.</cd> --<col>Guinea pig</col><cd>. <note>[Prob. a mistake for <i>Guiana pig</i>.]</note> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> A small Brazilian rodent (<spn>Cavia cobaya</spn>), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black.<-- called also cavy -- used commonly as an experimental animal in laboratory research. (c). metaphorically, any animal or person used in an experiment; -- often applied to people who are unwillingly or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm. --> <sd>(b)</sd> A contemptuous sobriquet. <i>Smollett</i><-- obs in this sense now. -->.</cd> -- <col>Guinea plum</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the fruit of <spn>Parinarium excelsum</spn>, a large West African tree of the order <spn>Chrysobalane\'91</spn>, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called <altname>gray plum</altname> and <altname>rough-skin plum</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Guinea worm</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a long and slender African nematoid worm (<spn>Filaria Medinensis</spn>) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.</cd></cs>

<h1>Guipure</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gui*pure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called <i>bars</i> or <i>brides</i>.</def>

<h1>Guirland</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guir"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Garland</er>.</def>

<h1>Guise</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>guise</ets>, <ets>gise</ets>, way, manner, F. <ets>guise</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>w\'c6sa</ets>, G. <ets>weise</ets>. See <er>Wise</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: <as>at his own <ex>guise</ex>; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself</as>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>The swain replied, "It never was our <b>guise</b> To slight the poor, or aught humane despise." <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.</def>