<B>guillotine, </B>noun, verb, <B>-tined,</B> <B>-tining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a machine for cutting off people's heads by means of a heavy blade that slides down in grooves made in two posts. The guillotine was used during the French Revolution. <DD><B> 2. </B>an instrument for cutting out the tonsils. <DD><B> 3. </B>a machine for cutting, such as one for cutting paper. <DD><B> 4. </B>(British.) the official imposing of a time limit on a governmental debate; cloture. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cut off the head of (someone) with a guillotine. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cut (as paper) with a guillotine. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) to end debate on (a bill, amendment, or other measure) by guillotine; apply cloture to. </DL>
<A NAME="guilt">
<B>guilt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or state of having done wrong; being guilty; being to blame. <BR> <I>Ex. The evidence proved the accused thief's guilt.</I> (SYN) guiltiness, culpability, criminality. <DD><B> 2. </B>a guilty action or conduct; crime; offense; wrongdoing. <BR> <I>Ex. The guilt of blood is at your door (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a feeling of having done wrong or being to blame. </DL>
<A NAME="guiltbyassociation">
<B>guilt by association,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> guilt attached to a person by reason of his being associated with others who have been found guilty. </DL>
<A NAME="guiltless">
<B>guiltless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>free from guilt; not guilty; innocent. <BR> <I>Ex. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood (Thomas Gray).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having no knowledge or experience. <BR> <I>Ex. Heifers guiltless of the yoke (Alexander Pope).</I> adv. <B>guiltlessly.</B> noun <B>guiltlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guilty">
<B>guilty, </B>adjective, <B>guiltier,</B> <B>guiltiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having done wrong; deserving to be blamed and punished. <BR> <I>Ex. The jury pronounced the prisoner guilty of murder.</I> (SYN) culpable, sinful, criminal. <DD><B> 2. </B>knowing or showing that one has done wrong. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy who hit the cat had a guilty conscience and a guilty look.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) deserving. <BR> <I>Ex. He is guilty of death (Matthew 26:66).</I> adv. <B>guiltily.</B> noun <B>guiltiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guimpe">
<B>guimpe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a blouse worn under a dress or jumper and showing at the neck or at the neck and arms. A guimpe is usually worn with a low-necked dress. Also, <B>gimp.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guinea">
<B>guinea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a British gold coin worth 21 shillings. It has not been made since 1813. <DD><B> 2. </B>an amount equal to 21 shillings, formerly used in Great Britain in stating prices, fees, etc.. <BR> <I>Ex. This hat is worth two guineas.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=guinea fowl.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guinea">
<B>Guinea, </B>noun. =ginney.</DL>
<A NAME="guineacorn">
<B>Guinea corn,</B> =durra.</DL>
<A NAME="guineafowl">
<B>guinea fowl,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plump domestic fowl somewhat like a pheasant, having dark-gray feathers with small, white spots. The guinea fowl belongs to a family native to Africa. Its flesh and its eggs are used as food. </DL>
<A NAME="guineagrains">
<B>guinea grains,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the seeds of an African plant of the ginger family used as a flavoring in cordials, foods, and pharmaceuticals; grains of paradise. </DL>
<A NAME="guineagrass">
<B>guinea grass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse tropical grass of Africa, grown in many warm countries and extensively cultivated in the West Indies for pasturage. </DL>
<B>Guinean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Guinea or its inhabitants. <DD><I>noun </I> a person born or living in Guinea. </DL>
<A NAME="guineapepper">
<B>Guinea pepper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fruit of a pepper plant from which cayenne is obtained. <DD><B> 2. </B>the aromatic fruit of an African tree of the custard-apple family, used as a stimulant. <DD><B> 3. </B>the tree itself. </DL>
<A NAME="guineapig">
<B>guinea pig,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a short-eared, tailless rodent kept as a pet and for experiments; cavy. It is like a big, fat, harmless rat. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any person or thing serving as a subject for experiment or observation. </DL>
<A NAME="guineapig">
<B>guinea-pig, </B>verb, <B>-pigged,</B> <B>-pigging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to use as a guinea pig. <BR> <I>Ex. They were guinea-pigged ... in disorientation machines that whirled them around till they became physically sick (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to act as a guinea pig. <BR> <I>Ex. I've been guinea-pigging through one psychoanalysis after another (Kevin Wallace).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="guineaworm">
<B>Guinea worm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a long, threadlike worm that is a parasite in man and animals. It is common on the Guinea Coast and in other warm regions. </DL>
<A NAME="guinevere">
<B>Guinevere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> King Arthur's queen in Arthurian legends, who was loved by Lancelot. </DL>
<A NAME="guipure">
<B>guipure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a heavy kind of lace having patterns connected by large, coarse stitches. <DD><B> 2. </B>heavy trimming made of cords, often with wire running through it. </DL>
<A NAME="guiro">
<B>guiro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a notched gourd used as a musical instrument in Latin America. </DL>
<A NAME="guisarme">
<B>guisarme, </B>noun. =gisarme.</DL>
<A NAME="guise">
<B>guise, </B>noun, verb, <B>guised,</B> <B>guising.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>style of dress; garb. <BR> <I>Ex. The spy went in the guise of a monk and was not recognized by the enemy.</I> (SYN) costume, attire. <DD><B> 2. </B>outward appearance; aspect; semblance. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) His theory is nothing but an old idea in a new guise.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) pretended appearance; pretense. <BR> <I>Ex. Under the guise of friendship, he plotted treachery.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) custom. <BR> <I>Ex. It never was our guise to slight the poor (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) a disguise. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>(Archaic.) to attire; dress; garb. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to disguise. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Especially Scottish.) to go in disguise; masquerade. </DL>
<A NAME="guitar">
<B>guitar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a musical instrument usually having six strings, played with the fingers or with a pick. It belongs to the same class as the lute. adj. <B>guitarlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="guitarfish">
<B>guitarfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain rays resembling a shark. </DL>
<A NAME="guitarist">
<B>guitarist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a player on the guitar. </DL>
<A NAME="guitguit">
<B>guit-guit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, brilliantly colored tropical American bird; honey creeper. </DL>
<A NAME="gujarati">
<B>Gujarati, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the Indic language of Gujarat and adjoining parts of western India. <DD><B> 2. </B>a native of Gujarat. </DL>
<A NAME="gujerati">
<B>Gujerati, </B>noun. =Gujarati.</DL>
<A NAME="gulag">
<B>Gulag, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a concentration camp for political prisoners in a totalitarian country; labor camp. </DL>
<A NAME="gular">
<B>gular, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or situated on the throat. <DD><I>noun </I> a plate beneath the throat of a snake or fish. </DL>
<A NAME="gulash">
<B>gulash, </B>noun. =goulash.</DL>
<A NAME="gulch">
<B>gulch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very deep, narrow ravine with steep sides, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent; a small gorge. (SYN) gully. </DL>
<A NAME="gulden">
<B>gulden, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dens</B> or <B>-den.</B> =guilder.</DL>
<A NAME="gules">
<B>gules, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) <DD><I>noun </I> the color red, represented in engravings by parallel vertical lines. <DD><I>adj. </I> red. </DL>
<A NAME="gulf">
<B>gulf, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large bay; arm of an ocean or sea extending into the land. <BR> <I>Ex. The Gulf of Mexico is between Florida and Mexico.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a very deep break or cut in the earth; chasm. <BR> <I>Ex. The earthquake made a gulf in the earth. A gulf in Vermont is a deep ravine between steep hills.</I> (SYN) abyss. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) any wide separation. <BR> <I>Ex. The quarrel left a gulf between the old friends.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>something that swallows up; whirlpool. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a gulf, especially the Gulf of Mexico. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to swallow; engulf. <BR> <I>Ex. Cast himself down, And gulfed his griefs in inmost sleep (Tennyson).</I> adj. <B>gulflike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gulffritillary">
<B>gulf fritillary,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a butterfly of the southern United States, Mexico, and West Indies, having reddish-brown wings marked with silvery dots near the head. </DL>
<A NAME="gulfstream">
<B>Gulf Stream,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a strong, warm current that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico, north along the coast of the United States and Newfoundland, and northeast across the Atlantic toward the British Isles. It is 50 miles wide. </DL>
<A NAME="gulfweed">
<B>gulfweed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an olive-brown seaweed having many berrylike sacs that keep it afloat; sargassum. It is found in the Gulf Stream and the Sargasso Sea. <DD><B> 2. </B>any of various related species. </DL>
<A NAME="gull">
<B>gull</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of graceful, usually gray-and-white birds, living on or near large bodies of water. A gull has long wings, webbed feet, and a thick, strong beak. </DL>
<A NAME="gull">
<B>gull</B> (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to deceive; cheat; dupe. <BR> <I>Ex. Nothing is so easy as to gull the public (Washington Irving). Brighton had sought powers to deal with mock auctions, places where talkative salesmen gull people into buying rubbish (London Times).</I> (SYN) trick. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe. (SYN) simpleton, fool. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a trick; fraud. </DL>
<A NAME="gull">
<B>gull</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Dialect.) a young bird not having full-grown feathers, especially a young goose. </DL>
<A NAME="gullah">
<B>Gullah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of Negroes living along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, and on the islands off the coast. <DD><B> 2. </B>the dialect of English spoken by the Gullahs. </DL>
