Guilt

[A. S. gylt, from gyldan, to pay, to restore.] The fine or mulet paid for an offence; hence also, by implication, the offence itself; as, the guilt of an offence, the guilt of poverty. "I know not, I ask not if guilt 's in that heart, I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art." - Moore. -That state of a moral agent which results from his actual commi ion of a crime or offence, knowing it to be a violation of law; criminality in a civil or political IMG:content-0465.png:[blocks in formation] (Orim. Law.) See VERDICT. Guimarnens, (ge-mar-ang',) an inland town of Portm gal, on the Ave, prov. of Minho, 25 m. N.E. of Oporto, Manuf. Cutlery, table-linen, and toys. Pop . 7,100. Guimaraens, ( ghe -ma-ra'ens,) a town of Brazil, on the Bay of Cuma, abt. 45 m. N.W. of Maranhão; pop. abt. 2,500.-A village of Brazil, prov. Matto-Gro o, abt. 40 m. N.E. of Cuyaba. Guinea, ( ghin'ny ,) n. [So called from its being struck out of African gold brought from the coast of Guinea .] A gold coin of Great Britain, of the value of 21s. sterling, or $4.88. It was first coined in the reign of James I., and was superseded by the sovereign in 1817. Though the coin has ceased to be current, the name is still used to designate a sum of twenty -one shillings ; and it is customary to reckon profe ional fees, voluntary subscriptions, ., in guineas, which is supposed to raise them above mere pounds, shillings, and pence transactions. Guin'ea, a name of uncertain origin, applied by European geographers to designate a portion of the W. coast of Africa. The older geographers apply it to the line of coast from the mouth of the Gambia to that of the Quorra; whereas the more modern authors extend its limits from Cape Verga, Lat. 10° 30′ N., to the mouth of Nourse River, Lat. 17° S., and all the district S. of Cape Lopez, Lat. 5o S., namely, Congo , Angola , and Benguela, by the name of S. Guinea; while under N. Guinea, or Guinea Proper, are comprehended Sierra Leone, the Grain Coast (including Liberia ), the Ivory Coast , the Gold Coast (including Ashantee ), the Slave Coast (including Dahomey ), Benin , Biafra, . The description of this extensive line of coast will be found chiefly under the heads of the countries above printed in italics.