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<h1>Guyle</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Guyle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To guile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<h1>Guze</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Guze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gules</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A roundlet of tincture <i>sanguine</i>, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.</def>

<h1>Guzzle</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Guz"zle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Guzzled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Guzzling</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OP. <ets>gosillier</ets>, prob. orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F. <ets>gosier</ets> throat; cf. It. <ets>gozzo</ets> a bird's crop.]</ety> <def>To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.</def>

<blockquote>Those that came to <b>guzzle</b> in his wine cellar. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she <b>guzzles</b>, chats the doctor's praise. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To fat the <b>guzzling</b> hogs with floods of whey. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Guzzle</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Guz"zle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; <as>as, one who guzzles beer</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Guzzle</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Guz"zle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An insatiable thing or person.</def>

<blockquote>That sink of filth, that <b>guzzle</b> most impure. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Guzzler</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Guz"zler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An immoderate drinker.</def>

<h1>Gwiniad</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gwin"i*ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>gwyniad</ets> a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A fish (<spn>Coregonus ferus</spn>) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also <altname>powan</altname>, and <altname>schelly</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gwyniad</asp>, <asp>guiniad</asp>, <asp>gurniad</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Gyall</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gy"all</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gayal</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Gyb, Gybe</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gyb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gybe</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Jib</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gybe</h1> <Xpage=660>

<hw>Gybe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Gibe</er>.</def>

<h1>Gybe</h1> <Xpage=660>

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