Gubernetes (gubernetez)

[NL. (Such, 1825), an accom. of the stricter form Cyber netes (first used by Cabanis and Heine, 1859), L. gubernare, steer, govern: see govern.] A re This he did to draw you in, like so many gudgeons , to swallow his false arguments. Swift . In vain at glory gudgeon Boswell snaps. Wolcot, Bozzy and Piozzi, ii. 3t. A bait; an allurement; something used to deceive or entrap a person; a cheat; a lie. Doo you thinke that James was so mad, as to gape for gogions; or so vngratious as to sell his truth for a peece of Ireland? IMG:content-2763.png:[graphic] Stan i hurst , in Holinshed's Hist. Ireland, an. 1533. What fish so ever you be, you have made both mee and Philautus to swallow a gudgeon . Lyly , Euphues, sig. K 3, b. Sea-gudgeon, the black goby or rock-fish. II. a . Resembling a gudgeon; foolish; stu pid. This is a bait they often throw out to such gudgeon princes as will nibble at it. Tom Brown , Works, I. 90. gudgeon1 (guj'on), v. t. [ gudgeon1 , n., 2, 3.] To insnare; cheat; impose on. To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you. Scott . gudgeon2 (guj'on), n. [ goujon , gojon, gouge on, gougon, the pin of a pulley, the gudgeon of a wheel.] 1. The large pivot of the axis of a wheel. Hall i well . -2. In mach ., that part of a horizontal shaft or axle which turns in the collar. The word formerly denoted the part revolving in immediate contact with the bearings. It is now applied only when that part is separate from and independent of the body of the shaft. The form of the gudgeon and the mode of its insertion depend upon the form and material of the shaft. 3. In ship - building: ( a ) One of several clamps, of iron or other metal, bolted to the stern-post of a ship or boat for the rudder to hang on. There is a hole in each of them to receive a corresponding pintle bolted on the back of the rudder, which thus turns as upon hinges. There are generally 4, 5, or 6 gudgeons on a ship's stern-post, according to her size. The keel is his back, the planks are his ribs, the beams his bones, the pintal and gudgeons are his gristles and cartilages. Howell , Parly of Beasts, p. 9. (b) One of the notches in the carrick-bits for receiving the metal bushes in which the spindle of a windla traverses.-4. A metallic pin used for securing together two blocks or slabs, as of stone or marble. Joined together by cramps and gudgeons of iron and Workshop Receipts , 1st ser., p. 387. IMG:content-2764.jpg:[graphic][merged small] 5. A piece of wood used for roofing. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.]-Cro -tail gudgeon, a gudgeon having a winged or ribbed shank. (See also beam - gudgeon.) guel (gu), n. [Cf. gig and gewgaw.] A musical instrument of the violin kind, having only two strings (of horsehair), and played like a violoncello, formerly used in Shetland. He could play upon the gue , and upon the common violin, the melancholy and pathetic tunes peculiar to the country. Scott , Pirate, ii. gue2+ (gu), n. [OF. gueux , a rogue.] A rogue; a vagabond; a sharper. mark able genus of South American tyrant birds, having the outer tail-feathers extraordinarily developed. G. yetapa, the yiperu, inhabits Brazil and other parts of South America. It is the only species. guddlel (gud'l), v. i.; pret. and pp. guddled, ppr. guddling. [E. dial., perhaps a var. of gut Honest Ghost, p. 232. ( Nares.) tle.] To drink much or greedily; guzzle. Jen- Gueber, Gheber (gē'ber), n. [= F. Guèbre, Diligent search was made all thereabout, But my ingenious gue had got him out. Gueber fidel. See Giaour, which represents the Turk. form of the Pers.word.] The name given by the Mohammedans to one belonging to the Persian sect of fire-worshipers, the remnant of the ancient Zoroastrians. They are now found chiefly in western India, and are called Parsees. Only a few you sands linger in Persia itself, chiefly in the provinces of Kirman and Yazd. Also spelled Guebre, Ghebre. In general, this name of Ghebers is applied to the Zoroastrians or Parsis, whom a modern European would all but surely point to if asked to instance a modern race of Fire-worshippers. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 256.