n. Same as Guaiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Guiac + -ol. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C6H4.OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, and produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Guaiacum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Mahratta gāekwār, prop., a cowherd. ] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counseled. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Guide. ] 1. The reward given to a guide for services. [ R. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Guidance; lead; direction. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Guide. ] The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading. [ 1913 Webster ]

His studies were without guidance and without plan. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guided; p. pr. & vb. n. Guiding. ] [ OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way. Cf. Wit, Guy a rope, Gye. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will guide his affairs with discretion. Ps. cxii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

The meek will he guide in judgment. Ps. xxv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See Guide, v. t. ] 1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will be our guide, even unto death. Ps. xlviii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as: (a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets. (b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife. (c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and slide bar. --
Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. --
Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian. --
Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. --
Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. Knight. --
Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients. [ 1913 Webster ]