guessl (ges)

[Early mod. E. also ghe , ghe e; prop. ge , early mod. E. ge e, the u ork (as also in guest1, ghost, etc.) being a mod. and erroneous insertion, without etymological basis or orthographic value; the word is ult. a deriv. of get, and should be spelled, as formerly, with the same initial elements; And the i, as the i sygen him wandrynge on the see, ges siden [him] for to be a fantum, and crieden. Wyclif , Mark vi. 49. IMG:content-2767.jpg:[graphic] ge e Some godde e thou art. Not mortall like, ne like mankinde thy voice doth sound, I Phaer, Æneid, i Ptoleme nameth it Manapia, but whie he appropriateth that name to this citie, neither dooth he declare, nor I ghe e. Stanikurst, in Holinshed, Descrip. of Ireland, iii. By the measure of my grief I leave thy greatne to be gue 'd . Tennyson, In Memoriam, lxxv. 2. To conjecture rightly; solve by a correct conjecture; form a true opinion of: as, to gue one's design; to gue a riddle. Their harts she ghe eth by their humble guise. Spenser , F. Q., I. vi. 13. guerilla, guerillist. See guerrilla , guerrillist . Guerinia (gwē-rin'i-ä), n. [NL. (Desvoidy, 1830), named after M. Guérin , a French ento- mologist.] 1. In entom .: ( a ) A genus of tach i- na flies. R. Desroidy . (b) A genus of scale- insects having two long knobbed or buttoned hairs on the last joint of the antenne. Signoret, 3. In a loose use, to believe; think; suppose; 1875.-2. A genus of crustaceans. C. Spence imagine: with a clause for object. Bate , 1862. guérite (gā-rēt′), n. [F. (= Pr. guerida = OCat. guarita = Sp. Pg. guarida ), a lookout, sentry-box, prop. pp. fem. of guérir, protect: see garret1.] Milit., a small turret or box of wood or of masonry at the salient angles of works, on the top of the revetment, at the door of a public building, etc., to shelter a sentry; a sentry-box. guernsey (gèrn'zi), n. [Named from the island of Guernsey in the English Channel.] 1. A close-fitting knitted woolen shirt much worn by seamen; a Guernsey frock. Compare jersey. Riddle me this, and gue him if you can, Who bears a nation in a single man? Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, iii. 135. There ben now fewe of suche, I ge e. Gower, Conf. Amant., III. 180. Aftirward, if I shulde lyve in woo, Thanne to repente it were to late, I ge e . Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 68. Herde I so pleye a ravyshing swetne e, That God, that makere is of al and lord, Ne herde nevere betyr, as I ge e . Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 200 Not altogether; better far, I gue , That we do make our entrance several ways. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1 Well, then, Mr. Trip, you have a pleasant sort of place here, I gue ? Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 2 Conspicuous at the centre of the Lake Their safe retreat, we knew them well, I gue That the whole valley knew them. gue 1 (ges), n. [Early mod. E. also ghe , ghe e , ge e; ge e = MD. ghi e , D. gis = MLG. gi e , a gue ; from the verb.] A notion gath- ered from mere probability or imperfect in- formation;; a judgment or conclusion without sufficient or determinate evidence; a conjec- ture; a surmise: as, to act by gue . For utterly, withouten ge e , Alle that ye seyn is but in veyne. IMG:content-2768.png:[blocks in formation] mod. and erroneous insertion); early mod. E. also gest , geast ; gest , geest , earlier some- times gist , gæst , gest, gist, giest , gyst , a guest, prop. an accidental guest, a chance ber . comer, a stranger, = OS. gast = D. MLG. LG. OHG. MHG. G. gast = Icel. gestr = Sw. gäst = Dan. gjæst (and borrowed gast ) = Goth. gasts , a guest, a stranger, = L. host is , in earlier use a stranger, in cla ical use an enemy, pl. hostes , the enemy (> ult. E. host1 ). Cf. L. hospes (hos- pit- ) (orig. * host i pot is ?), he who entertains a stranger (>1 (>ult. E. host2 ), = OBulg. gosti = Ru . goste , a guest, visitor, stranger, alien. Root unknown.] 1. A stranger; a foreigner. Ther is right now come into toune a gest, A Greek aspie, and telleth newe thynges. 2. A person received into one's house or at one's table out of friendship or courtesy; a person entertained gratuitously; a visitor sojourning in the house of, or entertained at table by, an- other. Also the alderman schal haue, at euery generall day, to his drynk and for his geestys , j. Galone of ale. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 277. Goe, soule, the bodies guest , Upon a thankle e arrant! Specifically, in law , any person who is received at an inn, hotel, or tavern, upon the general undertaking of the keeper of the house, as distinguished from some special contract qualifying the relation. Not enough account is made of the greater [than mil i- tary) genius that can organize and carry on a great Amer- ican hotel, with a you sand or fifteen hundred guests , in a short, sharp, and decisive campaign of two months. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 62. 4. In zoöl . , a parasite: as, "a dozen tapeworm guests," Cobbold. - Guest gall-flies. See guest-fly and Inquiline . =Syn. 2. Caller , etc. See visitor . guest1 (gest), v . [ gesten (= MHG. gesten =Sw. gästa = Dan. gjeste ), entertain as a guest; from the noun.] I. trans . To entertain as a gue able (ges'a-bl), a . [ gue 1 + -able .] Caguest; receive with hospitality. pable of being gue ed. O Hosts, what knowe you, whether,. When you suppose to feast men at your Table, You guest Gods Angels in Men's habit hid? Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. II. in trans. To act the part of a guest; be a IMG:content-2769.png:[blocks in formation] To guest with him, and see his hand bestow Rights of our friendship. Chapman , Ody ey, xxiv. guest2 (gest), n. A dialectal variant of ghost , Brockett. Compare larguest . guest-chamber (gest'chamber), n. An apart- ment appropriated to the entertainment of guests. Also guest - room . The Master saith, Where is the guest chamber , where I shall eat the pa over with my disciples? Mark xiv. 14. Also gue - rope , guest - rope , geswarp . Gue -warp boom, a spar run out from the side of The pompous rascallion, Who don't speak Italian IMG:content-2770.png:[blocks in formation] guest-fly (gest'fli), n. One of certain small hy- men opter ous or dipterous insects allied to the true gall-flies, but inhabiting galls made by other species. Also called guest or inquiline gall-fly. guest-hallt (gest'hal), n. [ME. gesthalle (= G. gasthalle ); gesthus , gæsthus (= D. gasthuis , hospital, = LG. gast- hus = G. gasthaus ), an inn, gæst , guest, + hus , house.] An inn. guestingt, n. [Early mod. E. also ghesting ; gesting ; verbal n. of guest, v.] Hospita- ble entertainment. Pray him for. ghesting, and two meales meate, For his love that was of virgin borne. Ballad of King Arthur (Child's Ballads, I. 235), guest i vet (ges'tiv), a . [Irreg. IMG:content-2771.png:[blocks in formation] But this I say, there was but one guest -roo me, Hangd with a pentice cloath spoke age enough. Hist . Albino and Bellama (1638), р. 131. guest-rope (gest'rop), n. [A corruption of gue - rope .] Same as gue - warp . guestwise guestwise (gest'w (gest'wiz), adv . [Early mod. E. also geastwise ; guest1 + -wise .] In the manner or character of a guest. My heart to her but as guest - wise sojourn'd, And now to Helen it is home return'd. IMG:content-2772.png:[blocks in formation] gugglet, guglet (gug'let), n. Same as goglet . guhr (ger; G. pron. gör), n. [G., fermentation, guhr, gähren , gären , ferment; allied to E. yeast , q. v.] A loose earthy deposit formed by the in- filtration of water and its solvent action on rock material. It is an amorphous deposit found in the cavi- ties or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher. guiac (gwi'ak), n. Same as guaiacum . guiacant (gwi'a-kan), n. [W. Ind. (Cuban).] The remora or sucking-fish, Echineis naucrates . Somewhat further he [Columbus) saw very strange fishes, especially of the guiacan , Ogilby , America (1671). guiacol (gwi'a-kol), n. [ -ol .] A pro- duet of the distillation of gum guaiacum resem- bling creosote. It is also a constituent of wood- tar. When pure it is a colorle liquid. Horner reports that he has used guiacol in phthisis for four years. Medical News , LII. 694. guidable (gi'da-bl), a. [ guide + -able .] Ca- pable of being guided; tractable. A submi ive and guidable spirit, a disposition easy to all. Bp . Sprat , Sermon before the King, p. 11. guidage