Guide

gīd, v.t. to lead or direct: to regulate: to influence.— n. he who, or that which, guides: one who directs another in his course of life: a soldier or other person employed to obtain information for an army: a guide-book: anything calculated to maintain in a certain direction or position.— adj. Guid′able .— ns. Guid′age , guidance; Guid′ance , direction: government; Guide′-book , a book of information for tourists.— adj. Guide′le , having no guide.— ns. Guide′post , a post erected at a roadside to guide the traveller; Guid′er , one who guides, a director; Guid′on , a forked guide-flag carried by a cavalry company or mounted battery, also the officer bearing it. [O. Fr. guider ; prob. from a Teut. root, as in A.S. witan , to know, wís , wise, Ger. weisen , to show, conn. with wit , wise .]