Part 5025

<blockquote>As then the <b>guise</b> was for each gentle swain. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A . . . specter, in a far more terrific <b>guise</b> than any which ever yet have overpowered the imagination. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Cover; cloak; <as>as, under the <ex>guise</ex> of patriotism</as>.</def>

<h1>Guiser</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guis"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Guise</er>.]</ety> <def>A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Guitar</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gui*tar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>guitare</ets>; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.<ets>guitarra</ets>, It. <ets>chitarra</ets>; all fr. Gr. <?/; cf. L. <ets>cithara</ets>. Cf. <er>Cittern</er>, <er>Gittern</er>.]</ety> <def>A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.</def>

<h1>Guitguit</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guit"guit`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from its note.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family <spn>C\'d2rebid\'91</spn>, allied to the creepers; -- called also <altname>quit</altname>. See <er>Quit</er>.</def>

<h1>Gula</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gu"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Gul\'92</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Gulas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., the throat, gullet.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A capping molding. Same as <er>Cymatium</er>.</def>

<h1>Gular</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gu"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gulaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the gula or throat; <as>as, <ex>gular</ex> plates</as>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bird</er>, and <er>Bowfin</er>.</def>

<h1>Gulaund</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gu"laund</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gul-\'94nd</ets>.]</ety> <def>An arctic sea bird.</def>

<h1>Gulch</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gulch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of gulching or gulping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A glutton.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.</def>

<h1>Gulch</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gulch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gulchen</ets>; cf. dial. Sw. <ets>g\'94lka</ets> to <ets>gulch</ets>, D. <ets>gulzig</ets> greedy, or E. <ets>gulp</ets>.]</ety> <def>To swallow greedily; to gulp down.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Guid</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Guid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flower. See <er>Gold</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gulden</h1> <Xpage=657>

<hw>Gul"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Guilder</er>.</def>