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Webster 1913 Edition
Guise
Guise
(gīz)
, Noun.
1.
Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; – often used formerly in such phrases as:
at his own
. guise
; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himselfChaucer.
The swain replied, “It never was our
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.”
guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.”
Pope.
2.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
As then the
guise
was for each gentle swain. Spenser.
A . . . specter, in a far more terrific
ever yet have overpowered the imagination.
guise
than any whichever yet have overpowered the imagination.
Burke.
3.
Cover; cloak;
as, under the
. guise
of patriotism